Awesome Cheatsheet

Why Yarn

Yarn is Super Fast!!

Yarn caches every package it downloads so it never needs to again. It also parallelizes operations to maximize resource utilization so install times are faster than ever.

Common NPM commands in Yarn

NPM Command	Yarn Command	Description (wherever necessary)
npm install	yarn yarn install	Will install packages listed in the package.json file
npm install pkg-name npm install --save pkg-name	yarn add pkg-name	By default Yarn adds the pgk-name to package.json and yarn.lock files
npm install [email protected]	yarn add [email protected]
npm install pkg-name --save-dev	yarn add pkg-name --dev
npm install pkg-name --peer	yarn add pkg-name--peer
npm install pkg-name --optional	yarn add --optional
npm install -g pkg-name	yarn global add pkg-name	Careful, yarn add global pkg-name adds packages global and pkg-name locally!
npm update	yarn upgrade	Note: It's called upgrade in yarn
npm uninstall pkg-name	yarn remove pkg-name
npm run script-name	yarn run script-name
npm init	yarn init
npm pack	yarn pack	Creates a compressed gzip archive of the package dependencies
npm link	yarn link
npm outdated	yarn outdated
npm publish	yarn publish
npm run	yarn run
npm cache clean	yarn cache clean
npm login	yarn login (and logout)
npm test	yarn test
npm install --production	yarn --production
npm --version	yarn version
npm info	yarn info

New Commands in Yarn

Yarn Command	Description
yarn why pkg-name	Builds a dependency graph on why this package is being used
yarn clean	Frees up space by removing unnecessary files and folders from dependencies
yarn licenses ls	Inspect the licenses of your dependencies
yarn licenses generate-disclaimer	Automatically create your license dependency disclaimer

References

https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/