I’ll introduce how to update Node.js, npm, and Express all to their latest versions.

Prerequisites

This article is based on the following GitHub Pull Request. Please check the Pull Request directly for the overall changes.

Update Node.js version to v10.16.3 & npm update · Pull Request #2 · codenote-net/expressjs-sandbox

Node.js, Express version

• Node.js version 8.11.1 -> 10.16.3
• Express version 4.16.0 -> 4.17.1

npm version

For npm versions, please refer to the following commit. Since most were npm installed during initial Express project creation, I don’t think there are any special npm packages.

npm update [2019-10-07] · Pull Request #2 · codenote-net/expressjs-sandbox

Update Node.js & NPM Version Steps

Install Latest Node.js LTS Version

$ nvm install --lts
Installing latest LTS version.
v10.16.3 is already installed.
Now using node v10.16.3 (npm v6.9.0)

Also change the version in the .node-version file if it exists.

diff --git a/.node-version b/.node-version
index d3a8b24..70047db 100644
--- a/.node-version
+++ b/.node-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v8.11.1
+v10.16.3

Update Node.js version to v10.16.3 & npm update · Pull Request #2 · codenote-net/expressjs-sandbox

Install npm-check-updates

$ npm install -g npm-check-updates

npm update with npm-check-updates --upgrade

npm-check-updates --upgrade
npm install

This will create many diffs in package.json, but just run npm install without question and run automated tests or perform functional testing.

Update Node.js version to v10.16.3 & npm update · Pull Request #2 · codenote-net/expressjs-sandbox

That’s all from the Gemba.