Installing packages

- [Instructor] As I said npm,…or node package management…is the source for installing libraries…the same way nougat…gives us assemblies for dot net.…Npm is three basic components,…the website npmjs.org…where you search for packages…and can read documentation,…the npm command-line tool…which I showed you earlier,…and the registry which is a public database…of all components developed by people just like you.…Here's another fun fact to impress your colleagues.…Did you know that npm…is the world's largest software registry,…with about three billion downloads per week?…That's billion with a b.…

You might have had the impression…that Node.js wasn't a serious development platform.…If so, you'd be wrong.…We're going to create and publish packages of our own…but you can use npm to create public or private packages.…That's right.…You can use npm as your own private feed…only available to your team of trusty pirates.…I know by now…that you've had your coffee…and you're itching to get started,…so let's go ahead and create a project…