40-npm-packages 40 Useful NPM Packages for Node.js Apps in 2021 Overview of popular NPM packages for Node.js backend development. Do you know them all? Our Blog January 20, 2021 • 12 min read Long ago, software engineers realized they could significantly speed up the development process by eliminating the need to write repetitive code in every application over and over again. Node.js applications benefit from more than a million open-source packages available in the NPM package registry. Most popular packages get well over 10 million weekly downloads and are at the foundation of many applications, from small pet projects to well-known tech startups. Today, 97 percent of code in modern web applications comes from npm modules. We’ll briefly cover the popular ones that will save you from reinventing the wheel. Web Frameworks expre class="langu