Our own npm

Packages

• /cli -> scripts to install or publish. connects to CouchDB API
• /website -> connects to CouchDB API
• /example-lib -> a lib with a function which returns text
• /example-app -> small express app which imports and prints example-lib

Example usage

> make up
> make reset

1. Check package on website

• GET http://localhost:3000/packages/example-lib -> see package does not exist

2. Setup database and CLI

• make db
• cd packages/cli && npm install -g . -> install 2 CLI scripts globally (see bin inside package.json)

3. Publish package then check website

• cd ../example-lib && our-npm-publish -> publish the example-lib package to registry
• GET http://localhost:5984/registry/example-lib/example-lib.tar.gz -> registry tarball package tarball
• GET http://localhost:3000/packages/example-lib -> package README on website

4. Use package

• cd ../example-app
• npm start -> see missing package error
• our-npm-install -> install packages from package.json -> ourDeps list
• npm start -> package found, now it works