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      Best package management system for javascript
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      Open-source
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      Great community
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      More packages than rubygems, pypi, or packagist
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      Nice people matter
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      As fast as yarn but really free of facebook
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      Audit feature
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      Good following
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      Super fast
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      Stability

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        Problems with lockfiles
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        Bad at package versioning and being deterministic
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        Node-gyp takes forever
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        Super slow

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      What is Chrome DevTools?

      It is a set of web developer tools built directly into the Google Chrome browser. It can help you edit pages on-the-fly and diagnose problems quickly, which ultimately helps you build better websites, faster

      What is npm?

      npm is the command-line interface to the npm ecosystem. It is battle-tested, surprisingly flexible, and used by hundreds of thousands of JavaScript developers every day.

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      What are some alternatives to Chrome DevTools and npm?
      Firefox
      A free and open source web browser developed by The Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, Mozilla Corporation. Firefox is available for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, and more.
      Git
      Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
      GitHub
      GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.
      Visual Studio Code
      Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.
      Docker
      The Docker Platform is the industry-leading container platform for continuous, high-velocity innovation, enabling organizations to seamlessly build and share any application — from legacy to what comes next — and securely run them anywhere
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