JavaScript and Node.js have shown themselves to be amazing platforms. Their sheer ease of use has empowered an entire community of creative individuals to build amazing things. As in all cases, however, amongst the goodness lurk some risks. Nobody’s perfect, including Node.js and JavaScript, and a language’s strength can quickly translate to its vulnerability if looked through an evil (or paranoid) lens.
We created a cheat sheet on 10 npm Security Best Practices that we encourage you to follow where you will find npm security and productivity tips for both open source maintainers and developers.