--- title: Common NPM Mistakes Every Developer Should Avoid | daily.dev description: NPM is the world’s largest package manager, and using it in practice is relatively straightforward. But, when adding custom configurations or using its... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/common-npm-mistakes-every-developer-should-avoid-8v2mcdbe0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Common NPM Mistakes Every Developer Should Avoid | daily.dev og:description: NPM is the world’s largest package manager, and using it in practice is relatively straightforward. But, when adding custom configurations or using its... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/common-npm-mistakes-every-developer-should-avoid-8v2mcdbe0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/8V2mCdBE0.png og:image:alt: Common NPM Mistakes Every Developer Should Avoid og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Common NPM Mistakes Every Developer Should Avoid **[Bits and Pieces](https://daily.dev/sources/bit)** · 2 min read · 14 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary NPM is the world’s largest package manager, and using it in practice is relatively straightforward. But, when adding custom configurations or using its advanced features, many things could go wrong. Learn how to avoid common mistakes when managing dependencies, publishing packages, and more. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/common-npm-mistakes-every-developer-should-avoid-8v2mcdbe0) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Common NPM Mistakes Every Developer Should Avoid","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/common-npm-mistakes-every-developer-should-avoid-8v2mcdbe0","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/common-npm-mistakes-every-developer-should-avoid-8v2mcdbe0"},"datePublished":"2021-08-30T21:43:26.009Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"NPM is the world’s largest package manager, and using it in practice is relatively straightforward. But, when adding custom configurations or using its...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/d028eacf4c6bb33b91e16532b5b72967","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/d028eacf4c6bb33b91e16532b5b72967","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Bits and Pieces","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Bits and Pieces","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/bit","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/bit"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/common-npm-mistakes-every-developer-should-avoid-8v2mcdbe0","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":14},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"webdev","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bits and Pieces","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/bit"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Common NPM Mistakes Every Developer Should Avoid"}]} ```