init project

npm init

tsserver recommended

npm install --save-dev @tsconfig/recommended

packages

ordinal to convert numbers to strings like "1st" and "2nd", and date-names to get the English named for weekdays and months.

date-names to get the English named for weekdays and months. It exports a single function, formatDate, which takes a Date object and a template string.

ini an INI file parser.

global "user" packages

This is useful when you need to install some node cli programs that aren't packaged on your distro.

setup

Create a folder to install packages:
mkdir .npm-packages

Set an environment variable:
NPM_PACKAGES="${HOME}/.npm-packages"

Open .npmrc and add this line:
prefix=${HOME}/.npm-packages

Update path and manpath:
PATH="$NPM_PACKAGES/bin:$PATH" MANPATH="$NPM_PACKAGES/share/man:$(manpath)"

add

npm install -g packagename

update

npm update -g