How do you initialize a project with npm?

You can initialize a project with npm using the npm init command, which creates a package.json file and sets the project's basic settings.

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#Steps and commands

1. Go to the project folder

2. Run the initialization

This command asks a set of questions (name, version, author, license, and so on) and creates package.json. 3. The simplified variant (no questions)

The package.json file is created right away with default values.

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#The end result

After initialization, a package.json file appears in the folder, where npm stores:

• the list of dependencies
• versions
• scripts (npm run ...)
• project metadata

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Summary: to initialize a project, it's enough to run npm init (or npm init -y) inside the target directory, after which you can install dependencies and add scripts.