In package.json there is a script section. From here one can run NPM Scripts.
"scripts": {
"one": "scriptOne.js",
"two": "scriptTwo.js"
}
These can be run like this.
npm run one
This particular line will run scriptOne.js. This is powerful as we could take Node’s power and run any automated task for ourselves.
At first this seemed simple to me. Soon I came across cross-platform bugs. Since we are writing this in JS, it could be run anywhere Node is available. Now that could be a tricky thing. Some environments deal with certain things in a certain way. This is not a big thing if the script is written to handle those situations. Another thing is Node versions. If the script is written using certain API of a particular Node version, it is better to keep an eye on new releases of Node and update the script if there are breaking changes.
Note for a better script writing and running:
- The script should work in crossplatform environments
- Keep an eye on Node version while running the script ( It may be possible, the script is written using newer version of Node than you are currently running it on. )