How to get node packages up-to-date? - node.js

Question

I've used a truffle react box to get an app working. npm install gives me lots of deprecation warnings, and alos that some packages need others that aren't installed. Is there a good way, or a place online, that can get my package.json file up to date? Since I'm really new to react, I think having missing packages is sure to cause a lot of lost time. Thank you.
package.json
{
"name": "someApp",
"version": "0.1.0",
"license": "MIT",
"private": true,
"repository": {
"type": "git",
"url": "some repo..."
},
"main": "src/index.js",
"scripts": {
"start": "node scripts/start.js",
"build": "node scripts/build.js",
"test": "node scripts/test.js --env=jsdom --watch"
},
"dependencies": {
"dotenv": "^2.0.0",
"react": "^15.4.2",
"react-dom": "^15.4.2",
"react-router-dom": "^4.3.1"
},
"devDependencies": {
"autoprefixer": "6.5.1",
"babel-core": "6.17.0",
"babel-eslint": "7.1.1",
"babel-jest": "17.0.2",
"babel-loader": "6.2.7",
"babel-preset-react-app": "^2.0.1",
"case-sensitive-paths-webpack-plugin": "1.1.4",
"chalk": "1.1.3",
"connect-history-api-fallback": "1.3.0",
"cross-spawn": "4.0.2",
"css-loader": "0.26.0",
"debug": "^3.1.0",
"detect-port": "1.0.1",
"eslint": "3.8.1",
"eslint-config-react-app": "^0.5.0",
"eslint-loader": "1.6.0",
"eslint-plugin-flowtype": "2.21.0",
"eslint-plugin-import": "^2.13.0",
"eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "2.2.3",
"eslint-plugin-react": "6.4.1",
"extract-text-webpack-plugin": "1.0.1",
"file-loader": "0.9.0",
"filesize": "3.3.0",
"fs-extra": "0.30.0",
"growl": "^1.10.2",
"gzip-size": "3.0.0",
"html-webpack-plugin": "2.24.0",
"http-proxy-middleware": "0.17.2",
"jest": "19.0.1",
"json-loader": "0.5.4",
"minimatch": "^3.0.2",
"object-assign": "4.1.0",
"openzeppelin-solidity": "1.11.0",
"path-exists": "2.1.0",
"postcss-loader": "1.0.0",
"promise": "7.1.1",
"react-dev-utils": "^0.4.2",
"recursive-readdir": "2.1.0",
"stmux": "^1.5.5",
"strip-ansi": "3.0.1",
"style-loader": "0.13.1",
"truffle": "^4.1.13",
"truffle-contract": "^1.1.8",
"truffle-hdwallet-provider": "0.0.6",
"truffle-solidity-loader": "0.0.8",
"url-loader": "^1.0.1",
"webpack": "^1.14.0",
"webpack-dev-server": "^1.16.2",
"webpack-manifest-plugin": "^1.1.0",
"whatwg-fetch": "^1.0.0"
},
"jest": {
"collectCoverageFrom": [
"src/**/*.{js,jsx}"
],
"setupFiles": [
"<rootDir>/config/polyfills.js"
],
"testMatch": [
"<rootDir>/src/**/__tests__/**/*.js?(x)",
"<rootDir>/coverage/**/?(*.)(spec|test).js?(x)"
],
"testEnvironment": "node",
"testURL": "http://127.0.0.1:7200",
"transform": {
"^.+\\.(js|jsx)$": "<rootDir>/node_modules/babel-jest",
"^.+\\.css$": "<rootDir>/config/jest/cssTransform.js",
"^(?!.*\\.(js|jsx|css|json)$)": "<rootDir>/config/jest/fileTransform.js"
},
"transformIgnorePatterns": [
"[/\\\\]node_modules[/\\\\].+\\.(js|jsx)$"
],
"moduleNameMapper": {
"^react-native$": "react-native-web"
},
"moduleFileExtensions": [
"web.js",
"js",
"json",
"web.jsx",
"jsx"
]
},
"babel": {
"presets": [
"react-app"
]
},
"eslintConfig": {
"extends": "react-app"
}
}

Answer 1

A really cool package i've used is npm-check
It provides a nice interface to tell you what packages are outdated.
interface image
to install the package, run in your terminal: npm install -g npm-check
To check packages, run: npm-check in the directory that contains the package.json you are checking.