Technology: NPM Packages

NPM Packages

Table of Contents

• Dependencies
• Dev Dependencies

Dependencies

Express & Database

• express - express is a framework for Node.js apps that provides features for web-based applications.
• express-session - express-session provides sessions to store user session data for persistency.
• mongodb - mongodb allows Node.js apps to connect to MongoDB databases.
• mongoose - mongoose is an object modelling tool allowing developers to create schemas for MongoDB.
• body-parser - body-parser is middleware that parses incoming request bodies for easy form uploads.

Templating

• ejs - ejs is a templating engine for Node.js that embeds JavaScript inside HTML files.

Security

• bcrypt - bcrypt makes encrypting passwords easy.
• dotenv - dotenv allows the user to setup environment variables to keep these secret.
• helmet - helmet sets HTTP headers to secure various Express app vulnerabilities.

Miscellaneous

• axios - axios is a promise-based client to make http requests from inside Node.js.

Dev Dependencies

Linting

• eslint - eslint is a linter to help enforce code styles and reduce errors.
• eslint-config-google - eslint-config-google is a preset configuration for eslint.
• eslint-plugin-import - eslint-plugin-import provides additional linting capabilities.

Productivity

• nodemon - nodemon automatically restarts the localhost when it detects file changes for easy development.
• node-sass - node-sass allows the user to use .scss files inside Node.js projects.