Notes on npm

NPM.md

1. Save is implied npm config set save=true

2. We want the exact version of the dependency npm config set save-exact=true

3. Add supported node version in package.json

{
  "engines": {
    "node": "4.2.1"
   }
}

4. Install node foreman for environment variables management npm install -g foreman

package.json

{
   "scripts" : {
    "start": "node app.js"
   }
}

Create a .env file

nf start

Loads the .env file and starts the application

5. All javascript file names are in lowercase.