The project I’ve chosen for this is my own SvelteKit static blog starter. How the Heck Do You Install an Existing npm Project? (You are here!).How the Heck Do You Install npm Packages?.

That’s what we’re covering in this final chapter of the guide to npm, and I’ll be drawing from personal experience on a real-life project of mine. It’s much, much easier than installing and configuring all the individual pieces one by one.

More likely than not, that’s probably what you’ll be doing most of the time. Now let’s go a little further and see what it looks like to download and install an existing npm project, rather than starting one from scratch. Offline_boltGetting Started The V8 JavaScript Engine Run Node.js scripts from the command line How to exit from a Node.js program How to read environment variables from Node.js How to use the Node.js REPL Node.js, accept arguments from the command line Output to the command line using Node.js Accept input from the command line in Node.js Expose functionality from a Node.js file using exports An introduction to the npm package manager Where does npm install the packages? How to use or execute a package installed using npm The package.json guide The package-lock.json file Find the installed version of an npm package Install an older version of an npm package Update all the Node.js dependencies to their latest version Semantic Versioning using npm Uninstalling npm packages npm global or local packages npm dependencies and devDependencies The npx Node.js Package Runner The Node.js Event Loop Understanding process.nextTick() Understanding setImmediate() Discover JavaScript Timers JavaScript Asynchronous Programming and Callbacks Understanding JavaScript Promises Modern Asynchronous JavaScript with Async and Await The Node.js Event emitter Build an HTTP Server Making HTTP requests with Node.js Get HTTP request body data using Node.js Working with file descriptors in Node.js Node.js file stats Node.js File Paths Reading files with Node.js Writing files with Node.js Working with folders in Node.js The Node.js fs module The Node.js path module The Node.js os module The Node.js events module The Node.js http module Node.js Buffers Node.js Streams Node.js, the difference between development and production Error handling in Node.js How to log an object in Node.js Node.js with TypeScript Node.We’ve gotten a good overview of how npm works and how to use it to install packages and run commands at this point.

Offline_boltQuick Start Introduction to Node.js A brief history of Node.js How to install Node.js How much JavaScript do you need to know to use Node.js? Differences between Node.js and the Browser

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