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JavaScript npm Basics Managing Packages with NPM Updating, Uninstalling and Executing Packages

karan Badhwar
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karan Badhwar
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karan Badhwar
Web Development Techdegree Graduate 18,135 Points

not including packages in Github

I have a dumb question, that how do we preview a website, if we do not include the packages or modules added for building the website, for Ex- do we include the source and included packages on the server or we do not, then why don't we include it in the GitHub repo,why do we put the node_modules inside .gitignore. If we donot include the Packages, then how do our Webpage use the features of the library/framework/packages

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Charlie Palmer
Charlie Palmer
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Charlie Palmer
Charlie Palmer
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Hi, .gitignore those packages inside of the node modules since they are already online for everyone to install if they're needed. The package.json and the package-lock.json are going to store all of the project dependencies. Because of this, anyone who pulls the project can just run the command "npm install" and this will install the dependencies which they need in order to run the project and for this reason we do not upload the packages. I do believe that if you're using this then you won't be able to host the page on git hub pages if this is what you mean by preview.