I met problem with npm start in reactjs, what happen? - npm

Question

This is my package.json file:
{
"name": "front-end",
"version": "0.1.0",
"private": true,
"dependencies": {
"#testing-library/jest-dom": "^4.2.4",
"#testing-library/react": "^9.5.0",
"#testing-library/user-event": "^7.2.1",
"boostrap": "^2.0.0",
"bootstrap": "^4.5.0",
"react": "^16.13.1",
"react-dom": "^16.13.1",
"react-redux": "^7.2.0",
"react-router-dom": "^5.2.0",
"react-scripts": "3.4.1",
"reactstrap": "^8.4.1",
"redux": "^4.0.5",
"redux-devtools-extension": "^2.13.8",
"redux-thunk": "^2.3.0"
},
"scripts": {
"start": "react-scripts start",
"build": "react-scripts build",
"test": "react-scripts test",
"eject": "react-scripts eject"
},
"eslintConfig": {
"extends": "react-app"
},
"browserslist": {
"production": [
">0.2%",
"not dead",
"not op_mini all"
],
"development": [
"last 1 chrome version",
"last 1 firefox version",
"last 1 safari version"
]
}
}
When I run npm start this is the message:
npm ERR! missing script: start
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:\...\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2020-06-16T01_36_35_559Z-debug.log

Answer 1

You need to run this command in the same directory as your package.json, or a child directory. You can check the current directory with pwd and change it with cd NEW_DIRECTORY.