NodeJS

Stuff I wish I had known a few weeks ago

Setting a browser

I usually use Chrome on Windows and Firefox on Mac. Instead of wiring a browser into my package.json 'start' command with "--open chrome", I now use just "--open" and let it pick. I can set the browser with

npm config set browser {chrome|firefox|lynx}

Reading docs

npm docs packagename

This jumps to a browser and opens the relevant site for packagename. For example, "npm docs react" opens https://reactjs.org. If you publish your own project as a package then it takes you to the npmjs.com site page.