pnpm can manage Node.js version like nvm !

Jaruwat Thongchana — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 07:55:59 +0000

pnpm is a Node.js package manager like npm, yarn.

If you using nvm or Volta to manage node versions now pnpm can do that too.

Before we start you need to uninstall all of your node, nvm and Volta.

Installation

Install pnpm with standalone script.

curl -fsSL https://get.pnpm.io/install.sh | sh -

Check version after installed.

pnpm -v

Now you can install Node.js with pnpm

Example

Install and use LTS version

pnpm env use --global lts

Install and use specific version

pnpm env use --global 16

Install and use latest version

pnpm env use --global latest

To remove node version use

pnpm env remove --global <version>

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Use tsx instead of nodemon

Jaruwat Thongchana — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 15:21:49 +0000

If you use typescript, nodemon and ts-node for development.
You'll notice that it takes a while to recompile the code when it changes.

tsx is a Typescript execute which blazing fast ⚡️ with esbuild.

Installation

I prefer use pnpm but you can use npm, yarn, ...etc.

pnpm add -D tsx

Now you can uninstall nodemon and ts-node.

pnpm remove nodemon ts-node

Add script tsx watch [file/folder] in the package.json.

{
  "name": "use-tsx",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "index.ts",
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "tsx watch src",
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@types/node": "^18.7.18",
    "tsx": "^3.9.0",
    "typescript": "^4.8.3",
  }
}

Let's start.

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Forem: Jaruwat Thongchana

pnpm can manage Node.js version like nvm !

Installation

Example

Use tsx instead of nodemon

Installation