Why Do I have to run npm install everytime I create a new angular 2 project?

Question

Everytime I make a new angular 2 project it says "node_modules appears empty, you may need to run `npm install"

Answer 1

Dependencies

In your angular project, you have a file called package.json. this file is responsible for holding track of your projects dependencies.

When you run npm install, Node Package Manager, or npm for short, will download those dependencies and put them in node_modules folder.

Answer 2

You need to run npm install to install the dependencies. May be refer to https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install.