YARN Cheatsheet

Install via npm

npm install --global yarn

Check installation

yarn --version

Starting a new project

yarn init

Adding a dependency

yarn add [package]
yarn add [package]@[version]
yarn add [package]@[tag]

Adding a dependency to different categories of dependencies

Add to devDependencies, peerDependencies, and optionalDependencies respectively:

yarn add [package] --dev
yarn add [package] --peer
yarn add [package] --optional

Upgrading a dependency

yarn upgrade [package]
yarn upgrade [package]@[version]
yarn upgrade [package]@[tag]

Removing a dependency

yarn remove [package]

Installing all the dependencies of project

yarn

or

yarn install

Comments

[Troy Harris]

Always heard installing yarn this way wasn't recommended. I need to see if that is accurate or not.

[Manthan Ankolekar]

Ya, sure if this is good practice of yarn setup, then please share yours if possible. thank you.