Top 10 features you need to know about

We created and published our very first node module in the previous section. In this section we will learn tips and tricks to use features provided by npm to our advantage. The npm command-line utility offers a range of functionalities to help smoothen the development and deployment of node modules. Let's find out how can we exploit them. Here are the 10 things you should know.

Before we proceed, remember the glossary term prefix.

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Prefix: {prefix} is the full path where node.js installation is kept on the system. On most of the systems, this is /usr/local. On Windows systems it is usually C:/Users/Username . So wherever you see the word prefix inside curly braces, think of this definition.

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