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Node.js Web Development - Fourth Edition
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Node.js Web Development - Fourth Edition

by David Herron
May 2018
Intermediate to advanced
492 pages
12h 3m
English
Packt Publishing
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Installing packages from outside the npm repository

As awesome as the npm repository is, we don't want to push everything we do through their service. This is especially true for internal development teams who cannot publish their code for all the world to see. While you can rent or install a private npm repository, there's another way. Packages can be installed from other locations. Details about this are in npm help package.json in the dependencies section. Some examples are:

  • URL: You can specify any URL that downloads a tarball, that is, a .tar.gz file. For example, GitHub or GitLab repositories can easily export tarball URL. Simply go to the Releases tab to find them.
  • Git URL: Similarly, any Git repository can be accessed with the right ...
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ISBN: 9781788626859