NPM

Question 1

What is NPM?

Answer 1

share code (as packages) with other developers

Question 2

What is a package?

Answer 2

Folder containing a package.json

Question 3

How can you create a package.json with npm?

Answer 3

npm init –yes(optional)

Question 4

What is a dependency and how to you add one to a package?

Answer 4

Packages that your package needs to run.

npm install packagename

Question 5

What happens when you add a dependency to a package with npm?

Answer 5

It gets added as a dependancy in package.json. Creates node_modules directory

Question 6

What is Webpack?

Answer 6

Allows you to bundle js files

Question 7

How do you add a devDependency to a package?

Answer 7

npm install package-name –save-dev || add property “devdependencies” that’s value is an object containing the name of the dependency

Question 8

What is an NPM script?

Answer 8

A property in package.json that contains scripts that can be ran from the command line

Question 9

How do you execute Webpack with npm run?

Answer 9

build: webpack

npm run build

Question 10

How are ES Modules different from CommonJS modules?

Answer 10

They are built in to the language

Question 11

What kind of modules can Webpack support?

Answer 11

CommonJS Modules, AMD, and es6 Modules