Recently, when I use npm, it mostly just works. There's still the occasional node/npm version mix and match to get certain libraries to work and accidental sudo; the former might just be the poor quality of the ecosystem, and the latter is almost just user error.
I'd put it par with rubygems, ahead of pip, gradle, maven, a little bit behind mix, and far behind cargo. Not a bad spot to be by any means.
I'd put it par with rubygems, ahead of pip, gradle, maven, a little bit behind mix, and far behind cargo. Not a bad spot to be by any means.