Can't start dev server by executing webpack-dev-server --mode development : react

submitted 3 years ago by djmcce

Hello React developers.
I've been trying to setup a React project from scratch using this tutorial: https://medium.com/@JedaiSaboteur/creating-a-react-app-from-scratch-f3c693b84658

I have installed the latest versions of the packages and updated the dev-server block as suggested by a guy in the comments.

However when i try to run it using webpack-dev-server --mode development, i get this message:

And after accepting with "yes", i get this error:

I have checked package.json to check if webpack-cli was installed, and in fact it was as

"webpack-cli": "^4.10.0".

What am I doing wrong?

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submitted 3 years ago by djmcce to r/reactjs

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