NPM - Basics

Commands

DO NOT install nvm via another package manager like brew.

# 1. Install or update NVM (https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm)
# curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.40.1/install.sh | bash
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.40.3/install.sh | bash
 
# 2. Install node
nvm install node
 
# 3. Install pnpm global 
npm install -g pnpm
 
# list oudated global packages
npm -g outdated
 
# list oudated local packages
npm outdated
 
#--------------------------------------------
# UPDATE GLOBAL PACKAGES
#--------------------------------------------
# Update NPM global
npm install -g npm@latest 
# or
nvm install-latest-npm
 
# Update PNPM global
npm install -g pnpm@latest  # or pnpm add -g pnpm@latest
 
# Verify
node -v
npm -v
pnpm -v

PNPM Commands

# dlx is pnpm's equivalent of `npx` in npm
# It allows you to run a package's CLI tool without installing it globally or adding it to your project's dependencies. It temporarily downloads and executes the specified CLI command
pnpm dlx tailwindcss init

Remove node_modules

Remove node_modules directory and package-lock.json files to avoid conflicts.

rm -rf node_modules package-lock.json

Tailwind install

pnpm add -g tailwindcss