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Raquel Vélez
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the npm website: a tale of wonder and woe (and wombats!)
JSConf Iceland, 25-26 August 2016
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the npm website a tale of wonder and woe (and
wombats!) brought to you by @rockbot npm
@rockbot #jsconfis an overview of npm
@rockbot #jsconfis does not mean "node package manager" npm …
@rockbot #jsconfis is a package manager for JavaScript npm …
@rockbot #jsconfis started out as open source npm …
@rockbot #jsconfis 0 20,000,000 40,000,000 2012-10-22 2013-01-10 2013-03-31 2013-06-19 2013-11-25
weekly downloads
@rockbot #jsconfis 0 15,000 30,000 45,000 60,000 12/14/2011 12/13/2012 12/13/2013
number of packages
@rockbot #jsconfis became a company in 2014 npm …
@rockbot #jsconfis the npm website: a brief history
@rockbot #jsconfis 26 June 2010 0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000
12/14/2011 12/13/2012 12/13/2013 12/13/2014 12/13/2015 8/8/2016
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@rockbot #jsconfis 28 December 2010 0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000
12/14/2011 12/13/2012 12/13/2013 12/13/2014 12/13/2015 8/8/2016
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@rockbot #jsconfis 9 August 2012 0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000
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12/13/2014 12/13/2015 8/8/2016 2 June 2014
@rockbot #jsconfis hey look! a wombat!
@rockbot #jsconfis npm
@rockbot #jsconfis shoutout to @itsjonq
@rockbot #jsconfis 13 February 2015 0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000
12/14/2011 12/13/2012 12/13/2013 12/13/2014 12/13/2015 8/8/2016
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@rockbot #jsconfis 0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 12/14/2011 12/13/2012 12/13/2013
12/13/2014 12/13/2015 8/8/2016 26 August 2016
@rockbot #jsconfis
@rockbot #jsconfis 0 300,000 600,000 900,000 1,200,000 Users Sessions users
on the website
@rockbot #jsconfis current team size: three
@rockbot #jsconfis Lessons Learned
@rockbot #jsconfis metrics and logs: the data you didn't know
you needed
@rockbot #jsconfis Frameworks don’t matter.
@rockbot #jsconfis Use a framework; stop reinventing the wheel
@rockbot #jsconfis Your codebase is an archeological dig site
@rockbot #jsconfis code quality === confidence
@rockbot #jsconfis modularity is about trust
@rockbot #jsconfis stakeholders are everywhere
@rockbot #jsconfis “open source” !== “community-responsive”
@rockbot #jsconfis change is inevitable
@rockbot #jsconfis npm loves you
Raquel Vélez @rockbot http://rckbt.me raquel@ js.com