Useful npm shorthands

Today I will inform about some npm CLI shorthand commands that we basically encounter in our daily development activities. Below are few shorthand npm CLIcommands

Install a package

## Longhand 
npm install package-name
## shorthand
npm i package-name

Install a package globally

## Longhand
npm install --global package-name
## shorthand
npm i -g package-name

Install a package as a dev dependency

## Longhand
npm install --save-dev package-name
## shorthand
npm i -D package-name

Update a package

## Longhand
npm update package-name
## shorthand
npm up package-name

Uninstall a package

## Longhand
npm uninstall package-name
## shorthand
npm un package-name

Check for a node version

## Longhand
npm --version
## shorthand
npm -v

Default package.json

## Longhand
npm init --yes
## shorthand
npm init -y

Get help

## Longhand
npm help
## shorthand
npm

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