Building node.js Modules

Kevin GriffinDevLink 2014

Kevin Griffin

Independent Consultant.Bootstrapper.All around nice guy.

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Package Managers

npmjs.org

Three types of modules

require(‘./myFile’)

require(‘./myFile.js’)

orrequire(‘./

myFile.json’)

require(‘./myFolder’)

require(‘./myFolder/index.js’)

require(‘myModule’)

Getting Setup to Publish to

npm

1.Create new user account at npmjs.org2.Go to terminal/command prompt

npm set init.author.name "Your Name"npm set init.author.email "you@example.com"npm set init.author.url "http://yourblog.com“

npm adduser

npm initnpm publish

npm publish

And let there be code…

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