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NPM

Regular tasks

npm audit npm audit fix

Unused dependencies

npm i -g depcheck npx depcheck --oneline npm un <dep | devdeps> npm i npm i

Outdated

npm i -g npm-check npx npm-check npx npm-check -u # interactive installations

Update

npm outdated

Check package version

npm view foo-package

updatePackages.js

const { execSync } = require('child_process');
const { dependencies, devDependencies } = require('./package.json');


const ignore = [
    "@workbench/core",
    "@workbench/react"
]

function updateDependencies(dependencyObject, type, legacyPeerDeps) {
  const dependenciesList = Object.keys(dependencyObject);
  
  dependenciesList.forEach(dependency => {
    if (ignore.includes(dependency)) return;
    const command = `npm i ${dependency}@latest --save-${type}${legacyPeerDeps ? ' --legacy-peer-deps' : ''}`;
    console.log("----------------------------");
    console.log(command);
    console.log("----------------------------");
    try {
      execSync(command, { stdio: 'inherit' });
    } catch (error) {
      console.error(`Failed to update ${type} dependency ${dependency}: ${error.message}`);
    }
  });
}

const legacyPeerDeps = process.argv.includes('--legacy-peer-deps');

updateDependencies(dependencies, 'prod', legacyPeerDeps);
updateDependencies(devDependencies, 'dev', legacyPeerDeps);