This article first appeared on LogRocket's blog. In this article, we'll look at , why it's important, and how it's best used along with NPM CLI in your day-to-day life. History NPM version 5 introduced as a mechanism to capture the exact dependency… »

A common pitfall when comes to development teams is the inconsistent software and library versions across developers. The first time you install a Node.js dependency by , the latest version of that package, will be installed along with the npm's… »