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JavaScript JavaScript Unit Testing Introducing Unit Testing Red, Green, Refactor

Sergi Oca
Sergi Oca
7,981 Points
Posted by Sergi Oca
Sergi Oca
7,981 Points

Installing chai errors

I'm running npm install chai --save-dev but I get a lot of errors in the console like:

npm WANR enoent: no such file or directory, open C:Users\me\package.json npm WANR Me No description npm WANR me No repository field ... Long etc.

npm install chai works, but I still get the errors after it, the package.json file exists inside the chai folder.

Also I'd like to point out that "touch" is not available in Windows, you guys should mention the alternative.

2 Answers

Michael Liendo
Michael Liendo
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Michael Liendo
Michael Liendo
15,326 Points

The warnings won't crash your code or anything. They're just saying that in your package.json file you haven't specified anything in your description field or repository field. They're useful if you plan on shipping to NPM, but as you noticed they won't crash your program or anything.

Sergi Oca
Sergi Oca
7,981 Points
Sergi Oca
Sergi Oca
7,981 Points

I see that I can actually use it, Thank you Michael.

Adam Fields
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Adam Fields
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Adam Fields
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RE: Also I'd like to point out that "touch" is not available in Windows, you guys should mention the alternative.

Touch is a Bash command (Linux, macOS).

On Windows I use PowerShell. The command you're looking for is New-Item or ni for short. You can also install Bash on Windows if you want the real Linux experience.