npx the things

I've recently learned that npx can be used, not only for avoid global packager installations, but also to run packages inside your current project:

npx ng generate component my-component

With npx, it uses the "ng" installed locally in your project, regardless of what you have installed globally. No more node_moules/.bin/ approach 👏

In fact, npx is quite a complex beast. Some (potentially dangerous) uses include running gists:

npx https://gist.github.com/elijahmanor/7f9762a4c2296839ad33e33513e88043

Running different node versions:

npx -p node@8.2.1 -- node index.js

Testing incoming package versions:

npx create-react-app@next playground

Execute code from a github repo in a specific branch:

npx danigb/destroy-your-computer#interactive