Facebook spins Yarn to replace NPM packager

Tackling issues with the venerable NPM JavaScript package manager, Facebook is open-sourcing its Yarn package manager.[ Related: Facebook at Work (finally) launches as ‘Workplace' ]Developed in collaboration with engineers from Google, Tilde, and Exponent, Yarn can be used with every major JavaScript framework; thus, every JavaScript engineer who relies on shared dependencies in the ecosystem can pull code faster. Developers using Yarn can install packages significantly faster than with NP