Version management with 'n'

upgrade global packages

1. Check for outdated global packages

   npm outdated -g --depth=0

2. Update outdated packages

   npm update -g for all packages or npm update -g some-package-name for a specific package.

Upgrading Node

These are steps for upgrading node.js using the node version manager 'n'. Note that 'n' does not work with Windows - this is for Mac only.

1. Check the current version

   node -v

2. Clean out the npm cache

   sudo npm cache clean -f

3. Install node helper (n) globally using following command.

   sudo npm install -g n

4. Once 'n' is installed, upgrade to the latest version of Node.js supported by AWS Lambda (currently 8.10)

   sudo n 8.10

5. After upgrading, confirm the version is now 8.10

   node -v