npm init

• Create a directory for the project (eg. mynode) and cd into the directory

npm init

This will aske a few questions and create the package.json file.

The questions, and the default answers, you can just accept the defaults.

package name: mynode
version: 1.0.0
description:
entry point: index.js
test command:
git repository:
keywords:
author:
license (ISC):

npm init --yes

• Would populate the file with the defaults without asking emberassing questions.