On any moderately-sized Node.js project you’ve likely already outgrown the package.json “scripts” section. But because the growth was gradual, with no single acute pain point, you might not have noticed. There’s a better way. What Are NPM Scripts? In most Node.js projects you’ll find a scripts section in the package.json file, containing convenient shortcuts like “build” and “test”: "scripts":{ "b
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