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JavaScript Express Basics (2015) Doing more with Express Using “express-generator” to Start an Express Project

Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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Why did "node .bin/www" throw an error?

Brendans-MacBook-Pro:TESTAPP brendan.whiting$ node .bin/www
module.js:327
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module '/Users/brendan.whiting/Projects/TESTAPP/.bin/www'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:325:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:276:25)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:441:10)
    at startup (node.js:134:18)
    at node.js:962:3
Brendans-MacBook-Pro:TEXTAPP brendan.whiting$ npm start

> TESTAPP@0.0.0 start /Users/brendan.whiting/Projects/TESTAPP
> node ./bin/www

GET / 200 445.632 ms - 170
GET / 200 24.364 ms - 170
GET /stylesheets/style.css 200 3.912 ms - 111

I did 'node .bin/www' and got an error. npm start did work. I'm just wondering why the other way didn't.

Sam Hall
Sam Hall
Courses Plus Student 8,636 Points
Sam Hall
Sam Hall
Courses Plus Student 8,636 Points

Hi Brendan,

You're missing a slash.

It should be node ./bin/www not node .bin/www.

The error comes because there is no folder called .bin. You could also use node bin/www.

Sam