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| * **Question:** What is the purpose of the `.gitignore` file? What is the significance of a "dot-file?" | ||
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| * **Your Answer:** Files you do not want tracked by Git. |
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And, more broadly, a "dot-file" is typically a hidden file.
| * **Question:** From the command line, how can you run this file? | ||
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| * **Your Answer:** npm index.js |
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It'll actually be node index.js. node is the program that allows to run JavaScript on our machine. npm is a package manager and gives us access to packages and scripts, among other things.
| * **Question:** What will you enter on the command line to run that script? | ||
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| * **Your Answer:** node index.js start |
| * **Question:** The same pattern will not work to try and run this script. How can you successfully get this script to run? | ||
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| * **Your Answer:** node index.js my-file |
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This will be npm run my-file.
| * **Question:** What are some ways you can solve this problem? | ||
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| * **Your Answer:** You can use an array to export more than one value. |
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An array or an object. Objects are more typical.
| * **Question:** Do you need to use a `./` to require the package? Why or why not? | ||
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| * **Your Answer:** ./ lets node know to look in the same realitive path it is running inside of. |
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Correct, and in this case we are not looking for a relative file path but instead an installed module. In that case, we'll look inside of node_modules/.
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