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In January 2010, a package manager was introduced for the Node.js environment called npm. [18] The package manager allows programmers to publish and share Node.js packages, along with the accompanying source code, and is designed to simplify the installation, update and uninstallation of packages. [17]
Around two hours after the original left-pad package was removed, npm manually "un-un-published" the original 0.0.3 version by restoring a backup. [1] Laurie Voss, chief technology officer of npm, wrote that the company "picked the needs of the many" despite internal disagreements about whether the action was "the right call". [10]
An alternative to the npm package manager, Yarn was created as a collaboration of Facebook (now Meta), Exponent (now Expo.dev), Google, and Tilde (the company behind Ember.js) to solve consistency, security, and performance problems with large codebases.
All npm packages are JavaScript libraries, but not all libraries are packages. Npm serves as a package manager for packages used in Node.js runtimes. [12] [13] However, some npm packages offer CDN support for use of the library in both Node.js runtimes as well as the browser. [14]
Most other package managers (such as Chocolatey) install applications in one central location, where they are usable by all the users on the system. Some bloggers recommend to install both Chocolatey and Scoop. [17] [16] Both have strong community support. [18] Scoop lets developers quickly set up a repeatable development environment.
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V8 is a JavaScript and WebAssembly engine developed by Google for its Chrome browser. [1] [4] V8 is free and open-source software that is part of the Chromium project and also used separately in non-browser contexts, notably the Node.js runtime system. [1]