NPM - Script

npm scripts are command line that are specified in the script element of package.json.

To run a script, you would execute the following npm command

yarn scriptName
# or
npm run scriptName

To run the script sequentially on all platform. https://www.npmjs.com/package/npm-run-all

Example with the release script:

"scripts": {
    "build": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack --mode 'production'",
    "test": "jest",
    "publish": "npm publish",
    "release": "npm-run-all test build publish",
}

From the VsCode IDE in a VsCode - Task (tasks.json)

{
    // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558 
    // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
        {
            "type": "npm",
            "script": "test",
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": true
            }
        }
    ]
}

Within scripts you can reference locally installed npm packages by name instead of writing out the entire path. This convention is the standard in most npm-based projects and allows for instance to directly call a package. Example:

• myApp,
• instead of ./node_modules/.bin/myApp

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