helpful-npm-commands.sh

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# Helpful npm commands and code snippets
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# list top level packages w/o dependencies
npm list --depth=0 | sort
npm list --depth=0 | sort -g

# list top level packages that are outdated w/o dependencies
npm outdated --depth=0 | sort
npm outdated --depth=0 -g | sort

npm install -g <pkg>@<x.x.x>
npm install -g <pkg>@latest

npm update --save
npm update --save-dev
npm update -g <pkg1> <pkg2> <pkg3>

# Update to latest dependencies, ignore and update package.json!
npm install -g npm-check-updates
npm-check-updates
npm-check-updates -u
npm update # verify new versions work with project

# alternate tool to check and update dependencies
npm install -g david

bower list | sort
bower update
bower prune # uninstalls local extraneous packages 

echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.node/bin' >> ~/.bashrc && \
echo 'export DOCKER_HOST=tcp://localhost:4243' >> ~/.bashrc && \
.  ~/.bashrc