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How to Create and Publish a Package to NPM Registry
Everything You Need to Know in 7 Steps
Introduction
In this tutorial, we will see how to create, test, and publish our own npm package. But why does anyone want to publish the npm package?
As developers, we use many npm packages that other developers have published. These npm packages improve our development cycle and save a lot of time. Npm packages provide some functionality so that we don’t have to code them again. For example, on the frontend side, we use Axios to fetch data from APIs. Or we use UUID to give our data a unique id at the backend side.
By working in the IT field, we understand that efficiency is a crucial aspect of development. But, sometimes, we come across situations and have to write a piece of code. This code can be useful to many people in the world or to your organization. Now we can always use the git repositories for this task. But, setting up the codebase every time can be a bit tricky. Instead, after publishing the code, we can set up this codebase using a single command.
Note: Packages and Modules are two different things. But for this tutorial, we do not need to worry about the difference.