My articles about npm

A small guide on how to run your React Native app on iOS using the XCode Simulator

You decided to create a new application for iOS and you want to program the app with the React Native framework.

Here is a list with all the steps you have to take if you want to start XCode Simulator and test the UI of your application on your developer machine:

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The EPERM error in npm when using TFS and Visual Studio and how to solve it

When you work with Team Foundation Server (TFS) and Visual Studio and you do web development, chances are that you will come across the EPERM error when npm tries to change a file in your application. The complete error message is Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rename and then the absolute path to the problematic file follows.

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How to speed up the compilation of your Jekyll website when you use npm modules

Chances are high that you are going to use plugins from npm in your Jekyll website. For example you might want to minify the CSS files by using Gulp, or bundle together your JavaScript files with Webpack.

A new node_modules folder is going to be created on the root of your website and now all of a sudden your website need much more time to be build when you start the development-server with Jekyll serve.

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A list of helpful and often used commands of the npm package directory

The following list contains npm commands that I use practically every day while working with packages in my node.js projects:

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