Before version 5, npm simply installed a package under node_modules by default. When the following command is used with npm install this will save all your installed core packages into the dependency section in the package.json file If you don’t specify a version, npm will install the latest stable version by default.
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However, from npm version 5.0.0 this is no longer needed.
Npm install takes 3 exclusive, optional flags which save or update the package version in your main package.json
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