Node.js · Junior · Question 20 of 75

Where does `require("lodash")` look for the package?

1Only in a global folder installed with npm -g
2On the npm website, downloading it on the fly
✓Correct answer: In the node_modules folder of the current directory, then in each parent directory up to the root

Explanation

Node.js walks up the directory tree looking in each node_modules. Packages installed with -g are not found by require() by default.

Further reading

Node.js API: CommonJS modules ↗

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