How to Install an Older Version of an npm Package If you encounter a compatibility problem or need to use a specific version of an npm package, you might want to install an older version. Fortunately, the process is straightforward. To install an old version of an npm package, you can use the @ syntax. Here’s an example of the command: npm install <package>@<version> Let’s say you want to install cowsay, and you want to use version 1....
Python is a comprehensive programming language with a vast collection of utilities in its standard library. However, sometimes we need additional functionality that is not built-in. This is where 3rd party packages come into play. Packages are created and made available as open-source software by individuals and companies for the Python community. These packages are hosted on the Python Package Index (PyPI) at https://pypi.org, and can be easily installed using pip, the package installer for Python....
My thoughts on the node_modules folder size debate In the world of JavaScript application development, the size of the node_modules folder has always been a topic of discussion. How can a simple application be 100, 200MB in size without even adding a single line of code? Take, for example, running npx create-react-app todolist, which downloads a whopping 218.7MB of “stuff”! (Yes, that’s the actual number). However, before we criticize the size of the node_modules folder, let’s think about the countless hours that programmers all over the world have put into creating and maintaining open-source software....
Learn how to properly uninstall an npm Node package, whether it is installed locally or globally. To uninstall a package that was previously installed locally in the node_modules folder, you can run the following command from the project’s root folder: npm uninstall <package-name> This will not only remove the package from the node_modules folder but also remove its reference from the package.json file. If the package was installed as a development dependency and listed in the devDependencies section of the package....