What is the difference between Gulp, NPM, and Bower?

Asked 2 years ago

There are so many of them out there and I'm just trying to get my head around what each of them does.

Nodejs Javascript Software complexity Software dependencies

Sergio Calhoun

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Gulp is a JavaScript task runner that helps you automate tasks like modification, compilation, and testing. NPM is a JavaScript package manager that helps you install, share, and manage code libraries and dependencies. Bower is a front-end package manager that helps you install and manage front-end libraries and dependencies.

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