how to manually update npm packages code example

Example 1: how to update dev dependencies npm

npm update --save-dev

// Alternatively, the same command to save time
npm update -D

Example 2: update all dependencies with npm

npm i -g npm-check-updates
ncu -u
npm install

Example 3: how to install latest version of npm package

//For global packages 
npm i -g <package name>@latest
npm i -g express@latest

//For loacal packages
npm outdated
npm update

//Manually updating local packages
npm i <package name>@latest
npm update "react" "react-dom"