start up error in sub proj: webpack-dev-server

[simpulton]

start up error in sub proj: webpack-dev-server

[spencer1573]

same here. i got it to work with just running
webpack-dev-server.
so weird. I don't know enough to know why that works.

npm start - for some reason it doesn't like that.

[simpulton]

@dfparker2002
We just tried a completely clean install of the repo and everything ran smoothly. We also tried legacy versions of node and things still worked so we don't know what the problem is right offhand.

The error indicates that you do not have webpack-dev-server locally, which should not be happening because we have included it in package.json. Please verify that there is a webpack-dev-server directory in the node_modules directory within the project. If there is not, please run npm i webpack-dev-server. If it does exist, continue reading.

While you are running just about the latest version of node, your version of NPM is 1.x, when it should be 3.x. This may be the cause of your problems, so please update NPM to version 3.x.

If that still does not resolve the issue, please try the following:

1. Remove the node_modules folder from the project
2. Run npm cache clean in the terminal
3. Run npm install
4. Try running the app again

@spencer1573
It looks like you have webpack-dev-server installed globally but not locally. Whenever you run an npm module from within an NPM script, it looks for a version installed locally. But when you run it straight from the command line, it is looking for the global version. Please follow the above steps and let us know what happens.

Thanks!