grunt js installing packages
gruntjs, npm
Solution
Yes `npm install` is the easiest way IMO. Getting everyone familiar with the other `npm` commands makes managing deps easier as well. Such as:
- `npm ls` to list out the currently installed modules.
- Or the `--save` flag ie, `npm install grunt-html --save` to install and insert the package and version into your `package.json`.
- `npm prune` to remove modules not included in your `package.json`.
Other ways to manage dependencies are to commit the `node_modules` folder in your repository to avoid other devs from having to run `npm install`. Or for more complex projects consider using `npm shrinkwrap` to lock down dependencies to specific versions: npm shrinkwrap docs.
Problem
I'm building a grunt javascript project with grunt, and I have a package.json file that looks something like: ``` { ... name, author, etc here ... "dependencies": { "grunt-html":"0.2.1" } } ``` I can run `npm install` to install grunt-html and this works just fine. But when I add new dependencies, all developers on the team must know to run `npm install` again. Is there a way to automatically install any packages that have not yet been installed? Should I just run npm install always to ensure I'm up to date?