My Node.js notes
Node.js Package Manager (npm)
Initialize an npm project. Within project directory use npm init command. The default command launches a questionnaire. To answer default on all questions use -y argument.
Uninstall global module
npm uninstall -g nodemon
Install local module
npm install nodemon
Install as dev dependency (not installed on production environment)
npm install nodemon --save-dev
Basic stuff
debugger statement and node inspect
chrome:://inspect
Exit Chrome DevTool debugger.
Type restart at console after exiting Chrome DevTool to restart app with same arguments.
Press CTRL+C twice to exit debugger in console.
nodemon
If nodemon installed globally
nodemon <app.name> -e <comma separated list of extensions to monitor>
If nodemon installed locally a script can launch
package.json info
scripts key
create key value pair where key is name of script and value is script location
Example:
"scripts": {
"dev": "nodemon src/app.js -e js,hbs"
}
At node prompt type npm run dev to execute script nodemon src/app.js -e js,hbs
nodemon src/app.js -e js,hbs
NPM modules
CORS is a node.js package for providing a Connect/Express middleware that can be used to enable CORS with various options.
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