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Ahmed Farahat
Ahmed Farahat

Reputation: 2443

What is "entry point" in npm init

I have an empty new project, when i run npm init i got a list of questions to answer, for example:

name: (karma)
version: (1.0.0)
description:my project description
entry point: (index.js)

I am really confused about the one that says "entry point", Should this be my index.html file or my app.js or is it something else?

Upvotes: 179

Views: 110307

Answers (3)

Lamech Desai
Lamech Desai

Reputation: 777

Entry point is the path that your users will access using the index.js to be able to access the full view and services of your module I will rather leave it the way it is if you do not know what you are doing.

Upvotes: 2

Malatesh Patil
Malatesh Patil

Reputation: 4665

For any project, entry point is the file from which execution starts. It depends on project configuration and run time environment of the technology we are using.

Examples : For a node.js project app.js is used initializes the app and glues everything together.

Upvotes: 7

leeor
leeor

Reputation: 17801

Quoting from this blog post:

Entry point is the javascript file that will be invoked when consumers of your module “require” it, this file will include the main logic for your module, or if it is a large module you can export public functions found with other files (typically in the lib directory)

So it should be your app.js file.

Upvotes: 149

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