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@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ Create and publish NPM package and WebJar
     - Probably you have two factor authentication for your npm account. Make sure you have an authenticator app on your mobile phone that can give you a one-time pasword (6-digit code)
 
 ### Creating and publishing an NPM package
+- Run `npm version patch` (or with `minor` or `major` depending on the size) to set the new version number of the package.
 - Run the command `yarn install --immutable`, to sync with changes done by others
 - Run the command `ng build`, to build the current project
 - In the `dist/ladybug/index.html` change the types of the three scripts on line 14 to `application/javascript` (so `type="module"` -> `type="application/javascript"`). The specific scripts are:
@@ -268,10 +269,6 @@ Create and publish NPM package and WebJar
 - Click on the `Deploy` button to deploy the WebJar. Wait for the Deploy Log to finish (there should be a `Deployed!` somewhere).
 - You have now published the WebJar, see (after a few hours) https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/webjars/npm/wearefrank__ladybug/
 
-### Prepare for next cycle
-- Go into the file `ladybug-frontend/package.json` and increment the version number (for example `0.0.12` -> `0.0.13`)
-- Commit and push the changes in `ladybug-frontend/package.json`, with the commit message `Set version to X.Y.Z for the next development cycle`
-
 CI/CD
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 Update the front-end and the backend simultaneously on your development PC. The front-end changes will fail in CI/CD because they are tested against the master of the backend. Rely on the Cypress test on your development PC and on the Maven build of ladybug to test your work. When you trust your work, release the front-end in a WebJar as explained in [Create and publish NPM package and WebJar](#create-and-publish-npm-package-and-webjar). Please note that the released commit may live on another branch than master. Ensure that the commit and the tag are pushed to GitHub project wearefrank/ladybug-frontend. Then update `pom.xml` of ladybug to reference the new WebJar; do so on a branch pushed to wearefrank/ladybug. This update of the backend triggers the GitHub actions front-end test as explained earlier. Check that the latest run of the front-end test succeeds.
 
-At this point, you can merge your work on ladybug to its master branch. After this merge, additional pushes on your ladybug-frontend branch will succeed in CI/CD because the corresponding backend changes are in the backend master. You can merge your front-end changes to master if the GitHub actions test succeeds.
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+At this point, you can merge your work on ladybug to its master branch. After this merge, additional pushes on your ladybug-frontend branch will succeed in CI/CD because the corresponding backend changes are in the backend master. You can merge your front-end changes to master if the GitHub actions test succeeds.