"There is every reason to use package.json, because it is a place to list your npm dependencies so that they can be easily installed, and a place to list scripts that you use to start and test your software."
But if I already installed the dependencies in my node_module folder, what does it matter? On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 12:01 AM, Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]>wrote: > There is every reason to use package.json, because it is a place to list > your npm dependencies so that they can be easily installed, and a place to > list scripts that you use to start and test your software. > > Now, hopefully that can be the end of this thread. I am not subscribed to > this group in order to hear people bicker; I am here to learn interesting > technical information about node, so I would appreciate it if we can > confine our conversations to that. > > > On Mar 27, 2014, at 22:58, Frank Z <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So as far as I'm concerned, from the documentation, there's no reason to > use a package.json unless you are submitting your module to NPM to be > downloaded by other people. > > -- > -- > 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 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]. > 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.
