It does, but you'll have to load it or set it up manually. You can safely assume that everyone using node will have npm, so keeping scripts contained within pa

It does, but you'll have to load it or set it up manually. You can safely assume that everyone using node will have npm, so keeping scripts contained within package.json is simpler. If someone decides to contribute to your project they don't have to worry about setting anything up, they can run "npm test" or whatever tasks.