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A tour of the package.json file

The documentation for what goes in package.json is twofold:

• The npm guide
• The Node.js guide

TODO.

name

You can check that the package name is available on npm with:

npm search <package>

If your name conflicts with an existing project, you can always publish under your own scope. My fork of jQuery could live under the @danburzo/jquery name. The first time you publish a scoped package, you need to use npm publish --access public.

Configuration for custom tools

Some tools, such as Prettier or ESLint, let you store their configuration in the package.json file.