Missing Script when I run npm start to create React app
I'm trying to run the React server by running npm start
When I do this I get a missing script error:
λ npm start
npm ERR! missing script: start
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:\Users\Aristophanes\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2019-05-15T11_34_47_404Z-debug.log
Full error log:
0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ 'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe',
1 verbose cli 'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js',
1 verbose cli 'start' ]
2 info using [email protected]
3 info using [email protected]
4 verbose stack Error: missing script: start
4 verbose stack at run (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\run-script.js:155:19)
4 verbose stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\run-script.js:63:5
4 verbose stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:115:5
4 verbose stack at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:418:5
4 verbose stack at checkBinReferences_ (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:373:45)
4 verbose stack at final (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:416:3)
4 verbose stack at then (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:160:5)
4 verbose stack at ReadFileContext.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:332:20)
4 verbose stack at ReadFileContext.callback (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\graceful-fs\graceful-fs.js:78:16)
4 verbose stack at FSReqCallback.readFileAfterOpen [as oncomplete] (fs.js:242:13)
5 verbose cwd C:\Users\Aristophanes\eth-todo-list-react
6 verbose Windows_NT 10.0.17134
7 verbose argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "start"
8 verbose node v11.1.0
9 verbose npm v6.4.1
10 error missing script: start
Answer
global installs of create-react-app are no longer supported.
do it:
npm uninstall -g create-react-app
now do it:
npm install create-react-app
now create your app
npx create-react-app yout-app-name