npm
Cleaning up npm package install problems
Node-RED uses npm to manage package installations such as its nodes. Sometimes, you can get into a situation where you start getting lots of npm installation or removal issues and it feels like you are going round in circles trying to fix things. If so, time to call it a day and to get drastic! Here, I try to explain an easy way to fix things quickly and completely without side effects.
Using npm configuration environment variables in package.json
npm automatically makes parts of your package.json file available as environment variables. This can be useful when using npm as a run script service.
Creating GitHub Releases from git Tags
The workflow for updating version numbers and doing git/GitHub/npm releases is far too complex to easily remember when you aren’t doing it very often. This post is a reminder of the various steps.
