If you have always wondered what are all the npm commands and their shortcuts, here is a curated list of them

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1. Installing packages

• regular

npm install <package-name>

• shortcut

npm i <package-name>

2. Installing a package glogally

npm install --global <package-name>

• shortcut

npm i -g <package-name>

3. Installing a package and saving it as a dependency

npm install --save <package-name>

• shortcut

npm i -S <package-name>

4. Installing a package and saving it as a dev dependency

npm install --save-dev <package-name>

• shortcut

npm i -D <package-name>

5. Initialize a new package instantly

npm init -y

6. Running tests

• regular

npm run test

npm test

• shortcut

npm t

7. Running before and after your tests

• before your tests

npm run pretest

• after your tests

npm run posttest

8. list all the available scripts in package.json

npm run

9. list all installed packages

• local

npm ls --depth 0

• global

npm ls -g --depth 0

10. list all the environment variables avaiable to npm

npm run env

11. Bumping your package version easily using semver

• patch

npm version patch
v1.0.1

• minor

npm version minor
v1.1.0

• major

npm version major
v2.0.0