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JavaScript Gulp Basics Improving your Gulp Task Pipelines The Build and Development Pipeline

SOLVED: FIX YOUR TYPOS!! del error: module.js:549 Cannot find module 'def'

module.js:549
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'def'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:547:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:474:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\***************\gulpfile.js:9:8)
    at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)

Is this an error with del? Tried to reinstall del. Didn't work. :/

Tried to install a module called def (npm install def --save-dev), but then I got this error:

[16:24:08] Using gulpfile ~\**********\gulpfile.js
[16:24:08] Starting 'clean'...
[16:24:08] 'clean' errored after 109 μs
[16:24:08] TypeError: del is not a function
    at Gulp.gulp.task (C:**********\gulpfile.js:43:2)
    at module.exports (C:\**********\node_modules\orchestrator\lib\runTask.js:34:7)
    at Gulp.Orchestrator._runTask (C:\**********\node_modules\orchestrator\index.js:273:3)
    at Gulp.Orchestrator._runStep (C:\**********\node_modules\orchestrator\index.js:214:10)
    at Gulp.Orchestrator.start (C:\**********\node_modules\orchestrator\index.js:134:8)
    at C:\**********\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\gulp\bin\gulp.js:129:20
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:131:7)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:180:9)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:695:11)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:188:16)

I'm on Windows 10, if that matters. :/

1 Answer

I am the BIGGEST IDIOT. In my gulpfile.js, instead of requiring del, I required def, and assigned it to del.

const del = require('def');

It works now.

Leaving my question here to show the importance of checking for dumb typos. WOW. Haha

This made me smile, thank you. I don't feel so alone now