semver: For the unaware, semver is Semantic Versioning which is the method of versioning your package, software, tool or just about anything.V5 to V6.Normally these version changes include breaking changes and you should proceed with caution before updating them. Yellow: If it's in yellow this means that there is a newer version available but it doesn't meet your semver requirements, this normally indicated a new major version of the package.If you look at the 'Wanted' column you'll see that there is a newer version available and you should update as soon as possible. Red: If a package is coloured in red it means that there is a newer version available that meets the semver range defined for that package.You might also notice the colours of the text are either red or yellow for your packages, that means something to: Latest: This is the newest version of the package that is tagged inside the npm repository.Wanted: This is the highest version allowed by the semver range defined in your package.json file.Current: This is the current version number of the outdated package.Package: This is the name of the package that is outdated.So after running npm outdated this is what is returned to us, as you can see it returns a bit of information: A corresponding name and version number entry are added to the dependencies field of your package.json.Įxample package.Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode When you install a package without specifying a version like npm install request, npm downloads the latest version of the package to your node_modules/ folder. Watch: What is Semantic Versioning (SemVer)? Understanding package versions Introduction to the Node Package Manager (NPM).
Understand how version numbers are used by npm.
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