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APIs Build a Chatbot with Watson APIs Introducing the Watson APIs Starting Our Local Client

Outdated course — any updates on the roadmap?

I am finding this course very difficult to follow. A lot has changed since it was created.

The installation of the project demo returns so many errors, I wonder if it is even worth it for me to try to debug them — I know I'm very new to coding but this seems "serious" ?

~/c/t/watson_chatbot ❯❯❯ npm install
npm WARN deprecated cloudant@1.4.1: This package is now scoped. The new name is @cloudant/cloudant
npm WARN deprecated to-iso-string@0.0.2: to-iso-string has been deprecated, use @segment/to-iso-string instead.
npm WARN deprecated core-js@2.6.11: core-js@<3 is no longer maintained and not recommended for usage due to the number of issues. Please, upgrade your dependencies to the actual version of core-js@3.
npm WARN deprecated minimatch@0.3.0: Please update to minimatch 3.0.2 or higher to avoid a RegExp DoS issue
npm WARN deprecated request@2.55.0: request has been deprecated, see https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
npm WARN deprecated jade@0.26.3: Jade has been renamed to pug, please install the latest version of pug instead of jade
npm WARN deprecated node-uuid@1.4.8: Use uuid module instead
npm WARN deprecated hawk@2.3.1: This module moved to @hapi/hawk. Please make sure to switch over as this distribution is no longer supported and may contain bugs and critical security issues.
npm WARN deprecated graceful-fs@1.2.3: please upgrade to graceful-fs 4 for compatibility with current and future versions of Node.js
npm WARN deprecated mkdirp@0.3.0: Legacy versions of mkdirp are no longer supported. Please update to mkdirp 1.x. (Note that the API surface has changed to use Promises in 1.x.)
npm WARN deprecated har-validator@1.8.0: this library is no longer supported
npm WARN deprecated circular-json@0.3.3: CircularJSON is in maintenance only, flatted is its successor.

> execSync@1.0.2 install /Users/beau/code/treehouse/watson_chatbot/node_modules/execSync
> node install.js

[execsync v1.0.2] Attempting to compile native extensions.
[execSync v1.0.2]
    Native code compile failed!!

> websocket@1.0.24 install /Users/beau/code/treehouse/watson_chatbot/node_modules/websocket
> (node-gyp rebuild 2> builderror.log) || (exit 0)

  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/bufferutil/src/bufferutil.o

> core-js@2.6.11 postinstall /Users/beau/code/treehouse/watson_chatbot/node_modules/core-js
> node -e "try{require('./postinstall')}catch(e){}"

Thank you for using core-js ( https://github.com/zloirock/core-js ) for polyfilling JavaScript standard library!

The project needs your help! Please consider supporting of core-js on Open Collective or Patreon: 
> https://opencollective.com/core-js 
> https://www.patreon.com/zloirock 

Also, the author of core-js ( https://github.com/zloirock ) is looking for a good job -)

npm WARN notsup Unsupported engine for follow@0.12.1: wanted: {"node":"0.12.x || 0.10.x || 0.8.x"} (current: {"node":"12.18.2","npm":"6.14.5"})
npm WARN notsup Not compatible with your version of node/npm: follow@0.12.1
npm WARN watson_chatbot@0.1.1 No repository field.

added 472 packages from 708 contributors and audited 472 packages in 29.355s

1 package is looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

found 135 vulnerabilities (34 low, 52 moderate, 47 high, 2 critical)
  run `npm audit fix` to fix them, or `npm audit` for details

The npm audit fix returned the following:

~/c/t/watson_chatbot ❯❯❯ npm audit fix                                                                               ✘ 1 
npm WARN deprecated mkdirp@0.5.1: Legacy versions of mkdirp are no longer supported. Please update to mkdirp 1.x. (Note that the API surface has changed to use Promises in 1.x.)
npm WARN watson_chatbot@0.1.1 No repository field.

+ body-parser@1.19.0
+ express@4.17.1
added 16 packages from 12 contributors, removed 15 packages and updated 26 packages in 6.239s

1 package is looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

fixed 58 of 135 vulnerabilities in 472 scanned packages
  67 vulnerabilities required manual review and could not be updated
  3 package updates for 10 vulnerabilities involved breaking changes
  (use `npm audit fix --force` to install breaking changes; or refer to `npm audit` for steps to fix these manually)

I'm currently updating my OS to Catalina because it seems like I cannot follow the IBM Watson tutorials without the cf CLI and my current Xcode won't update ¯_(ツ)_/¯

  • A sad but not completely discouraged student o_O