Switch to Yarn (from npm)

I switched to yarn from npm cause it does everything that npm does (almost everything and more) , only faster.

And by faster I mean, really really fast, like ultrafast.

What is yarn, anyways?
Its a package manager for your code (just like npm) from Facebook.

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How to install yarn on your OSX?
brew install yarn
This will also install node.

Use this if you want to skip installing node.
brew install yarn --without-node

You could also use npm itself to install yarn ( and then switch to yarn completely )
npm i -g yarn

 

If you already have yarn and would like to upgrade to the latest version :

brew upgrade yarn

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If you are already familiar with npm heres a list of commands that can help you switch to yarn faster:

Example of “yarn why <package>”

Pretty useful command to get package details and info

nsingh$ yarn why babel-core
yarn why v0.27.5
[1/4] Why do we have the module "babel-core"...?
[2/4] Initialising dependency graph...
[3/4] Finding dependency...
[4/4] Calculating file sizes...
info Has been hoisted to "babel-core"
info Reasons this module exists
- "babel-core#babel-register" depends on it
- Specified in "devDependencies"
info Disk size without dependencies: "228kB"
info Disk size with unique dependencies: "8.25MB"
info Disk size with transitive dependencies: "17.06MB"
info Number of shared dependencies: 28
Done in 0.91s

Screenshot of “yarn upgrade-interactive v0.27.5 “

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speed Test : npm vs yarn

npm install took 26 secs

yarn install tool 9.95 secs

(Note : I will be updating this page as and when needed)