I'm not an expert at JS, but can't you use npm to do multiple things if you choose? I.e. build, install, create a place to install some package. In Python, trad

I'm not an expert at JS, but can't you use npm to do multiple things if you choose? I.e. build, install, create a place to install some package. In Python, traditionally, this would need separate tools (setuptools, pip, virtualenv). That's what the author meant – not that there are no competitors.