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Most major frameworks have a command-line interface that you can install via npm to scaffold out a barebone application such as the Angular CLI and Vue CLI. These generators will automatically create a package.json for you with the required dependencies to make things run smoothly.

package.json is a simple file that has the potential to turn complex as it grows. The dependencies object is only a small portion of what it can do, as well as a number of other functions.