Wow, a simple "Thank you, but I've read those docs and I'm still confused about x, y, and z" would have sufficed. Instead you've insulted me for trying to help, and the people who authored or contributed to those docs that "suck".
Personally, I found the combination of those two pieces of documentation, plus a bit of experimentation, to be very helpful in grasping the concepts. Good luck figuring it out. Ben On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 3:21:21 PM UTC-6, Frank Z wrote: > > Everyone has been helpful except Ben. Just pointing me to > documentation...Shame. I've been to those sites and their explanations > suck, that's why I'm here! > > Otherwise, thank you Angel Java Lopez, Matt, and Aria Stewart for trying > your best to answer my questions! > > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 3:44 PM, Ben Taber <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> node's docs on how modules are loaded, and how package.json files are >> looked up >> http://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/modules.html >> >> npm's docs on the fields in package.json >> https://www.npmjs.org/doc/json.html >> >> Read through both and you should have a pretty good understanding. >> >> >> On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 8:49:42 AM UTC-6, Frank Z wrote: >>> >>> I bought a book on Node.js since I'm teaching myself backend >>> development, and in this book the author talks about the importance of >>> package.json files. He emphasizes that it's great for keeping track of >>> module dependencies in a json format, and installing them all at once using >>> "npm install" in a terminal. So far so good... >>> >>> But how do I assign my package.json to a particular node.js file? Just >>> stick it in the same folder??? Does it not clash with the package.json file >>> that comes with locally installed npm modules? Do I just make the Name key >>> in the json file the exact same as my js file? >>> >>> Maybe the package.json is simply for putting your project on npm? >>> >>> I'm totally confused.... >>> >>> Would be cool if there was a node.js expert I could chat with over >>> skype. I'm so lost. >>> >> -- >> -- >> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> Posting guidelines: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "nodejs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "nodejs" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/nodejs/RK3EL4f2GUM/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
