Mac alias for npm install && bower install

Question

How can I assign this alias to my new mac with Yosemite?

alias in = "npm install && bower install"

Answer 1

Add the alias directive to your ~/.bashrc file. You'll need to remove the spaces around the = symbol for bash to parse the command correctly:

alias in="npm install && bower install"

You could allow the caller to specify a package name if you use a shell function instead of an alias. Here we pass the same argument to both npm and bower (note, use "$@" instead of $1 if there is more than one argument):

in() {
    npm install $1 && bower install $1
}

Also see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15364259/automating-npm-install-bower-install-dev-with-generator-angular-for-yeoma