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JavaScript npm Basics (retiring) Installing Packages with npm Handling package.json with npm

Posted by Thomas Ma
Thomas Ma
15,199 Points

Initialize a package.json file with the npm command line application.

What is this asking me to do.

1 Answer

Liam Clarke
Liam Clarke
19,938 Points

Hi Thomas

It is asking you to use the npm cli to initialise a project. This can be found in the previous video or on the npm documentation:

https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v6/commands/npm-init

npm init