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Jeffrey Meesters
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 16,657 PointsWhere is package.json?
Hi,
The teacher is installing nodemon and then changing settings in the package.json. I do not have a package.json, only a package.lock in the same directory.
Should I create this package.json (I expected it to be created with npm init -y)? Or is it somewhere else outside of the flashcards folder (I'd expect not)?
1 Answer
ursaminor
11,271 PointsTake a look at the docs: https://docs.npmjs.com/creating-a-package-json-file
It should be in the root of the project directory. Were you in the correct directory when you ran npm init -y ? What kind of output did you get when you ran the command?
Jeffrey Meesters
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 16,657 PointsJeffrey Meesters
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 16,657 PointsThanks for your reply ursaminor. I also expected it to be in the root of the project directory. I had no problems installing express, but when installing pug it started throwing errors so I thing something must have happened in between.
I solved it by creating a package.json file and type out everything I saw in the video and then run npm install again to be sure my project was on the versions mentioned in the package.json in the video.