{"id":1918,"date":"2016-02-14T19:39:33","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T03:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/softwaredaily.wpengine.com\/?p=1918"},"modified":"2021-11-04T02:00:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T09:00:31","slug":"npm-with-laurie-voss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/2016\/02\/14\/npm-with-laurie-voss\/","title":{"rendered":"npm with Laurie Voss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"1921\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/2016\/02\/14\/npm-with-laurie-voss\/laurie-voss\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/laurie-voss.jpg?fit=175%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"175,175\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"laurie-voss\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/laurie-voss.jpg?fit=175%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/laurie-voss.jpg?fit=175%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1921\" style=\"border-radius: 50%; border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwaredaily.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/laurie-voss.jpg?resize=175%2C175\" alt=\"laurie-voss\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/laurie-voss.jpg?w=175&amp;ssl=1 175w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/laurie-voss.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/laurie-voss.jpg?resize=80%2C80&amp;ssl=1 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>\u201cNode doesn\u2019t have dependency hell \u2013 JavaScript absolutely does.\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>Node.js powers an increasing number of applications in the modern web. As node\u2019s popularity grew, npm evolved in parallel as its default package manager and it has become a robust system for sharing and developing node programs. Yet today, npm is growing beyond its roots, and poised to become a generalized framework for all kinds of workflows within web development.<\/p>\n<p>Laurie will be giving a talk at the 2016 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oreilly.com\/pub\/cpc\/5332\">O\u2019Reilly Fluent Conference<\/a>. If you want to win a free ticket to the conference, tweet about your favorite episode of Software Engineering Daily and tag <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fluentconf\">@fluentconf<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/software_daily\">@software_daily<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Laurie Voss is the CTO of npm, Inc.<\/p>\n<h3>Questions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What is special about node and npm?<\/li>\n<li>Was the vision from the beginning for npm to evolve into more than a package manager?<\/li>\n<li>What is useful for a developer to know about semantic versioning?<\/li>\n<li>What is a JavaScript runtime, and why would you consider Node to be a runtime?<\/li>\n<li>Why does JavaScript need a package manager?<\/li>\n<li>What does the company npm do?<\/li>\n<li>Where do you see web development going in the future?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/conferences.oreilly.com\/fluent\/javascript-html-us\/public\/schedule\/detail\/46633\">Laurie&#8217;s talk at Fluent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npmjs.com\/\">npm<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nodejs.org\/en\/\">Node.js<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.npmjs.com\/cli\/shrinkwrap\">Shrinkwrap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/greenkeeper.io\/\">greenkeeper<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npmjs.com\/package\/dr-frankenstyle\">Dr. Frankenstyle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal-engineering.com\/2013\/11\/22\/node-js-at-paypal\/\">Node.js at PayPal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seldo\">Laurie on Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cNode doesn\u2019t have dependency hell \u2013 JavaScript absolutely does.\u201d Node.js powers an increasing number of applications in the modern web. 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