NPM, package management

NPM is the package manager for JavaScript. It lets you install and manage libraries that other developers have built.

Let's understand package.json, package-lock.json, and how to work with external libraries.

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So far, you've been writing everything from scratch. But the JavaScript ecosystem has thousands of libraries built by other developers — and NPM is how you install and manage them.

This lesson covers package.json, package-lock.json, and how to work with external libraries in your projects.

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