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Frequently Asked Questions

NODE_ENV observations

  • We use the NODE_ENV environment variable to drive some logic in our code (like logging levels)
  • The NODE_ENV variables is also used to configure NPM - the default package manager for javascript. (It's not an acronym for Node Package Manager :)
    • If NODE_ENV=production, npm will only install production dependencies, dev-dependencies are omitted.
    • If you have NODE_ENV=production, do an npm install and then npm test or npm run dev they will usually fail, because modules needed for testing and development will be installed as dev-dependencies.