I Published My First npm Package — Here's Everything I Wish I Knew Publishing to npm is easy. Doing it RIGHT takes some planning. Here's my complete checklist. Before You Start Is It Worth Publishing? Don't publish if: It's specific to one project The name is already taken (obviously) You're not willing to maintain it Do publish if: You've copied this code between 3+ projects Others would benefit from it You're willing to fix bugs and accept PRs Step 1: Project Setup mkdir my-awesome-package && cd my-awesome-package npm init -y # Install dev dependencies npm install -D typescript @types/node jest ts-jest # Create source structure mkdir src tests Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode // package.json — the important fields { "name" : "@armorbreak/my-awesome-package" , "version" : "1.0.0" , "description" : "A brief description of what your package does" , "main" : "./dist/index.js" , "types" : "./dist/index.d.ts" , "exports" : { "." : { "import" : "./dist/index.mjs" , "require" : "./dist/index.js"…