NPM VS NPX - Tools Required - My First Project
NPM: The npm stands for Node Package Manager and it is the default package manager for Node.js. It is written entirely in JavaScript, developed by Isaac Z. Schlueter, it was initially released on January 12, 2010. The npm manages all the packages and modules for node.js and consists of command–line client npm. It gets installed into the system with the installation of node.js. The required packages and modules in the Node project are installed using npm. A package contains all the files needed for a module and modules are the JavaScript libraries that can be included in the Node project according to the requirement of the project.
NPX: The npx stands for Node Package Execute and it comes with the npm, when you installed npm above 5.2.0 version then automatically npx will installed. It is an npm package runner that can execute any package that you want from the npm registry without even installing that package. The npx is useful during a single time use package. If you have installed npm below 5.2.0 then npx is not installed in your system. You can check npx is installed or not by running the following command:
npx -v
If npx is not installed you can install that separately by running the below command.
npm install -g npx