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Understanding semver versioning for your nodejs packages

Semver is the standard way of updating the versions of your package in nodejs. After reading through the original article, I decided to put together a quick visual summary of it. Since its just a summary, it won't cover all of the topics, but its enough help you quickly wrap your head around it. The diagram below shows the different parts of a semver version number.

When creating a package

PATCH Version Number

Starts from 1
Increments by 1 when you fix bugs but dont introduce new features.

MINOR Version Number

Starts from 0.
Indicates a backward compatible new feature.
An increment resets the patch number to 0 on each increment.

MAJOR Version Number

Starts from 0
Incremented only when a backwards incompatible feature is introduced.
An increments resets both - Minor and Patch version numbers to 0.

When consuming a package

The diagram below shows the three most important ways in which you consume a package that is versioned using semver.