The buildpack will detect your app as Node.js if it has the file `package.json` in the root. It will use NPM to install your dependencies, and vendors a version of the Node.js runtime into your slug. The `node_modules` directory will be cached between builds to allow for faster NPM install time.
Node.js and npm versions
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You can specify the versions of Node.js and npm your application requires using `package.json`