It should also be pointed out you rarely need to edit the package.json manually: npm init: Prompts for basic/common package.json entries npm install --save: I

It should also be pointed out you rarely need to edit the package.json manually: npm init: Prompts for basic/common package.json entries npm install --save: Install a module and place into dependencies npm install --save-dev: Install a module and place into dev dependencies npm install --save-optional: Install a module and place into optional dependencies http://blog.timoxley.com/post/22371787222/handy-new-options-for-npm-install http://blog.timoxley.com/post/22371787222/handy-new-options-...