What Is Dependencies

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I was trying to install react-scroll on my portfolio site and I encounter some few errors

This is what brought about the Question What is Dependencies?

What is Dependencies?

This are Libraries or modules that NPM modules needs in order to work in production. or this are dependencies that you need to run your code, they are packages with it is version number. in React.js they can be find in Package.json file.

Examples :

Dependencies serve different purpose some of which are 1. To build your Project 2. Deploying your Project

There are various Types of Dependencies

1. devDependencies : The word "dev" means development, This are Dependencies that are needed for production/development workflow.

2. peerDependencies : The word "peer" means something of the same legal status, any package you want to install to the dependencies must be compatible with a particular version of an npm package.

3. optionalDependecies : From the word option meaning if some dependencies fail to install the process will still be successful.

4. Bundled Dependencies : Line-up of packages names that will be bundled when publishing the package, located inside your project, the functionality is the same as the normal dependencies.

Conclusion:

Whenever you want to install any external dependencies and you experience the above error, Add ( --legacy-peer-deps ) to the end of the dependencies.