#npx : #npm package runner
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An introduction to npx, the npm package runnernpm — package runnerWhat if you could interact with and run node modules without having them downloaded locally? What if you could directly run the code of your GitHub gits? Doesn’t sound possible? It actually is.In this article, we’ll talk about npx (package runner) — what is is, why we need it, and the use cases where the tool is helpful when running node packages from the command line.Backgroundnpm (node package manager) has improved a lot over the years and provides a way for developers to have a global and local installation of packages. There are times you are required to look over a package and try out commands, or you might even want to get rid of devDependencies. From npm@5.2.0, npm started installing a new binary alongside the usual npm (...)