Managing dependencies versions

If we want to install a specific version of a package, we can use the @ symbol. You can be as specific as you want:

# npm install <package-name>@<version>
npm install express@4
npm install express@4.17
npm install express@4.17.1

Outdated dependencies

Eventually, the dependencies that we have installed in our project will be outdated, and we will need to update them. To check if we have any outdated dependencies, we can use the outdated command:

npm outdated

This command will list all the outdated dependencies, as well as the current version, the wanted version, and the latest version:

Package  Current  Wanted  Latest  Location              Depended by
express   3.21.2  3.21.2  4.18.3  node_modules/express  my-project

Now that we are clear on how to handle outdated...