NPM Modules Managing
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A complete package manager can do a lot more that install modules. npm has over 20 commands relating to dependency management available.
Using npm to manage your dependencies is a great way to manage your project dependencies.
- List modules in your project.
- Update modules to a more recent version
- Uninstall modules.
- Perform a securtiy audit on your modules to find and fix security flaws.
Listing Modules
npm ls
npm ls will show the entire dependencies tree of your project. If you want a high-level view of your dependencies what’s instlled.
npm ls --depth 0
Update Modules
It is a good practice to keep your npm modules up to date. This will improve the stability and security of your project.
npm outdated
This command list the package that’s installed and the current version. The Wanted column shows which version satisfies your version requirements in package.json. The Latest column shows the latest version of the module. The Location column states where in the dependency tree the package is located.
If you wanted yo update all modules at once, then you would enter:
npm up
If you wanted to update a single module, then you would enter:
npm up <module>
Uninstalling Modules
The npm uninstall command can remove modules from your project.
npm un <module>
Auditing Modules
npm provide an audit command to highlight potential security risks in your dependencies.
npm audit
You can see the path of the vulnerability, and sometime npm offers ways to fixed this issue.
npm audit fix
Although a version of a module may have a security vulnerability,if you update it to a version with a different API then it could break code higher up in the dependency tree.
npm audit fix --force
Deprecate
This command will deprecate the npm registry for a package, providing a deprecation warning to all who attempt to install it.
npm deprecate <package>
Doctor
Checks our environment so that our npm installation has what it needs to manage our javascript packages.
npm doctor
