1 NPM Command

1.1 Init Project

npm init -y

initializes a new Node.js project by creating a package.json file with default values. Let me break this down:

npm is the Node Package Manager that comes with Node.js installation
init is the command to create a new package.json file
-y is a flag that automatically answers “yes” to all the prompts that would normally ask for project information

Without the -y flag, npm would interactively ask you questions about:

Project name
Version
Description
Entry point
Test command
Git repository
Keywords
Author
License

The -y flag skips these questions and creates a package.json with default values based on your current directory name and other automatically determined information.