• Let's start by creating a project

  • npm help
  • mkdir random-wombat-facts; and cd random-wombat-facts
  • npm init
    • explain each line
  • vim index.js
    • generate basic list of facts (fact1, fact2, etc)
    • console.log one of them
  • search for random array on npmjs.com
    • pick random-item
  • npm info random-item
    • to take a look at the random-item package
  • npm install random-item --save
    • compare with package.json
      • npm i random-item -S
    • compare with package.json
  • use REPL to play with random-item
    • update index.js to use random-item
  • run it on the command line
  • add start script to package.json
    • npm start to use the start script
  • add standard
    • npm install standard --save-dev
    • npm i standard -D
    • add standardize run script
      • standard
      • NOTE: DO NOT HAVE TO INSTALL STANDARD GLOBALLY
    • run npm run standardize
    • run npm run standardize -- --fix

• Now we want to create a module that will provide a list of wombat facts

  • create new dir wombat-facts
  • run npm init --yes
  • start with fact1, fact2, fact3
  • module.export them
  • npm link
  • go back to project, npm link wombat-facts
  • require("wombat-facts")
  • return to module, replace fact1, fact2, fact3
  • go back to project, run and show it actually works with real wombat facts
  • remove link npm unlink
  • update package.json to make module scoped
  • npm publish @rockbot/wombat-facts --access=public
  • add a README
    • npm version minor -m "adds a README"
  • git push; and git push --tags
  • npm publish
  • npm unpublish
    • talk about versions, how to publish/unpublish
  • discuss semver