How To Create Own NPM Package And Publish It

Steps to create and initialize project with VS CODE

Step 1

Create new project in Visual Studio code



Here I have created an empty project named helloworldtest , and open it using VS CODE IDE

Step 2 - Create package.json file

Because at first glance we dont have anything , so we should create package.json file by executing following command

By executing above command , there are some questions you should answer it as follows,



After entering command npm init , you can see that they ask you about name of project, but keep in mind that name should be small latters and can not contain digits

Step-3

Then the next step to specify version



I have given 1.0.0 but you can give version as appropriate for your package release

Step-4

Than provide description about package and entry point of your package when project is loaded



As you can see in the above screenshot, I have provided a simple description that would publish when someone goes through your package

Step-5

Some more steps like Providing git repository , keywords and Author name to identify the creator of current package



I have entered some details like helloworldtest [which is unique by the way] and test command

NOTE

I have not provided git repository , but if you already have created empty repository you can specify its URL

Step-6

Last step is a summary , in which you can see all the information provided by you



That's it , we have created package.json file with all the needed information

NOTE

Before we publish package we should have account created with npmjs.com site , so that we can publish it by login credential .

Steps to create user and login through VS CODE

Step 1

Firstly we need to add user by using following command