how-to-create-package-json.md

How to create package.json

Create package.json in the root of your custom theme

$ npm init -y

note the -y flag is a way to save you from answering all the questions npm usually asks you when it creates package.json.

Grab Bootstrap 4

note This code may change so this is the site where you can the most updated npm code.

$ npm install bootstrap@4.0.0-alpha.5 --save

note the --save flag saves this to your package.json

Bootstrap 4 requires the tether and jQuery dependencies

You don't need to grab jQuery because it comes bundled with WordPress.

$ npm install tether --save

Check out your package.json and you should see Bootstrap 4 and tether are now listed in the dependencies portion of the JSON file.

package.json

After installing bootstrap and saving it, package.json will look something like this:

{
    "name": "thunder-tube-theme",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "",
    "main": "index.js",
    "scripts": {
        "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
    },
    "keywords": [],
    "author": "peh2",
    "license": "ISC",
    "dependencies": {
        "bootstrap": "^4.0.0-alpha.5",
        "tether": "^1.3.7"
    }
}

• Your version numbers may be different