My .nvm/default-packages

When it's a package that I'll use infrequently, such as create-react-app, I'll use npx. However, there are some utility packages I use again and again. To install globally either npm i -g <package-name> or even better, add them to ~/.nvm/default_packages.

rimraf

npm i -g rimraf
rimraf [path]

It's rm -rf but works whereever you have node - macOS, Windows, WSL, node.

http-server

npm i  -g http-server
http-server [path]

Quickly serve a directory through localhost:8080 with zero-config.

netlify-cli

npm i -g netlify-cli
netlify deploy

Deploy a site to Netlify from the command line. I'll use this to deploy temporary site when I need to demo work in progress.

nodemon

npm i -g nodemon
nodemon app.js

This will run your code in Node and automatically restart if it detects any files changes in the directory. Great to have installed globally for quick scripts.

sort-package-json

npm i -g sort-package-json
sort-package-json

Predictably, this sorts the package.json of your current directory. Tidy package.json, tidy mind.

fkill-cli

npm i -g fkill-cli
fkill node --force

Cross-platform process killer. Useful when you have node running in the background and you've closed the terminal window that started it.

concurrently

npm i -g concurrently
concurrently "command1 arg" "command2 arg"

Run multiple commands concurrently.

List globally installed packages

Run this command to see what you have installed globally.

npm ls -g --depth=0