Web Rush

Episode 283: npm Updates: Love 'em or Hate 'em?

Episode Summary

Is upgrading via npm worse now than it used to be, or are there things that can be done to help you when you're needing to upgrade a project? Can CoPilot help with knowing what the security risks are before upgrading? And what is a peer dependency error?

Episode Notes

Host(s):

• John Papa @John_Papa
• Ward Bell @WardBell
• Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Recording date: May 23, 2024

Brought to you by

• AG Grid

  

• IdeaBlade

Resources:

• npm audit
• How to Update npm Dependencies
• Angular’s ng update upgrade command
• Security vulnerability mitigation with npm audit fix commands
• What is the latest version of Node
• NVM Install guide
• What’s a peer dependency vs devDependency vs dependency
• Peer Dependencies

Timejumps

• 00:27 npm shaming?
• 02:57 Is upgrading via npm worse now than it used to be?
• 11:47 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 12:37 Does how much of an upgrade you're doing matter with npm?
• 22:13 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
• 23:00 Getting the wrong version of node
• 26:01 What if I get a "peer dependency error" issue?
• 29:53 Would CoPilot be helpful here?

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.