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JavaScript

Posted by Adam Lyles Kauffman
Adam Lyles Kauffman
14,016 Points

quiz vs his commands?

the quiz asks to uninstall coffee script. the correct answer is 

Npm uninstall -g  [pack name]

however in the video he was using,

Npm uninstall [pack name] -g

which is correct? how come the quiz answer formatted the way taught in the video?

1 Answer

Emmanuel C
Emmanuel C
10,637 Points
Emmanuel C
Emmanuel C
10,637 Points

They both are technically correct. The -g its what know as a command line option, what's in the brackets [pack name] is an argument. And by convention options go after the arguments, so the latter is more socially acceptable.