Introducing npx: An npm Package Runner
npm 5.2 introduces a new binary alongside the usual npm: npx, a tool to simplify using CLI tools and other executables hosted on the registry -
https://goo.gl/vDc8E4

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Cover Your Apps While Still Using npm

As an online platform, the npm registry will go down occasionally. That’s normal, but what can we do to mitigate the pains of a single point of failure? - https://goo.gl/PNkkJL

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A Full Report on the Jan 6 'npm Incident'

In short, a user was inaccurately flagged as a spammer and the deactivation of their packages caused a cascade of issues. - https://goo.gl/AjzK66

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Yarn vs npm: The State of Node Package Managers

An update of a previously popular post looking at the current state of Node package managers and when you might pick a certain one. - http://bit.ly/2HO4JmA

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From npm to yarn and Back (to npm) Again

Last year, yarn install was 20x faster than npm install for Mixmax but npm 6’s major steps forward have had them reconsider their approach. - http://bit.ly/2JFGQuR

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Publishing Private npm Packages to Nexus

A look at how to use Nexus Repository Manager for distributing private packages. - http://bit.ly/2R6rqDw

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npm’s 2018 JavaScript Ecosystem Survey

npm, Inc., the maintainers of the main Node package repository, request your input to help them improve their tools and services. - http://bit.do/eDd3v

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This Year in JavaScript: 2018 in Review and npm’s Predictions for 2019

JavaScript is the world’s most programming language, npm plays host to over 800,000 libraries, GraphQL’s popularity is booming, and the most popular other languages JavaScript developers use are Java, PHP and Python. - http://amp.gs/ENCy

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The Vision of npm v7

If you thought the npm blog would fade away after the GitHub acquisition, you thought wrong! Isaac Schlueter is back with a status update on what the next major version of npm will offer and is promising a series of posts to come going into more detail. - http://amp.gs/H4L3

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73 Awesome NPM Packages for Productivity

This is one of those ‘grab bag’ list style posts we used to include a lot more several years ago, but it’s a reasonably good one if you fancy a quick browse. - http://amp.gs/anhW

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Using GitHub Actions to Securely Publish npm Packages

One approach to using GitHub Actions to publish npm packages from repositories following the typical GitHub developer flow with pull requests, etc. - http://amp.gs/oTlW

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bundle: A Quick npm Package Size Checker

Enter a package name, then hit the “run” button and this tool will give you the minified, bundled, and gzipped size of the package. - http://amp.gs/jzRJ3

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Common npm Mistakes Every Developer Should Avoid

Learn how to avoid common mistakes when managing dependencies, publishing packages, and more. - http://amp.gs/jzN4o

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JavaScript Developer Breaks Two Popular npm Packages

The creator of Faker.js and colors.js, two packages we’ve mentioned quite often, made some unorthodox commits to his projects recently that caused them to either disappear or break in interesting ways which resulted in GitHub suspending his access at one point. To be blunt, you want to be finding alternatives. The Register’s writeup is, perhaps, one of the more colorful. Dependencies continue to be risky and this story will surely trundle on. - http://amp.gs/jm48k

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NPM Commands and Shortcuts You Should Know as a JavaScript Developer

This essential reading provides you with the most prominent NPM commands, shortcuts, and tips that will help you increase your productivity and efficiency as a JavaScript developer. - http://amp.gs/jpxB9

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How to Build, Test, and Publish a TypeScript npm Package in 2022

The bare basic steps in a short and sweet walkthrough. - https://www.strictmode.io/articles/build-test-and-publish-npm-package-2022

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My Experience Modernizing Packages to ESM

Mark, well known for his work on React and Redux, details the painful experiences and hard-earned lessons learned migrating the Redux packages to ES modules - https://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2023/08/esm-modernization-lessons/

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