Node.js Tool & Package Manager - NPM

Rely upon package.json for metadata and dependancies and dev-dependancies (comparable to ruby bundler gemfile) They are installed by npm install

Package can be installed locally or globally (-g)

npm install      # install package dependancies
npm start        # start development web server 
npm run build	 # build "release" version of the site/app (minifying & optimising)

Some package:

• live-server - js web server serving local file
• lodash (_) - scala like shortcuts ?
• browserify - module for browser with support for old version of js
  • create a bundle.js file