How to install the latest versions of all npm packages?

Question

npm

There is a package.json file with all the required packages:

"dependencies": {
    "async": "*",
    "bcryptjs": "*",
    "body-parser": "*",
    "cat": "*",
    "colors": "*",
    "compression": "*",
    ...
 },

Is it considered good practice to use "*" if you want to always install the latest packages?
And do I understand correctly that in order to update the packages later, it is enough to write npm install in the root of the project?

Answer 1

you can also write "latest"