when generating a react project then receiving a npm error

Question

npm error code ENOENT npm error syscall open npm error path C:\Users\a\package.json npm error errno -4058 npm error enoent Could not read package.json: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\a\package.json' npm error enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file. npm error enoent

npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: C:\Users\a\AppData\Local\npm-cache_logs\2024-07-11T16_49_41_924Z-debug-0.log

To creat a react project

Inside that directory, you can run several commands:

npm start Starts the development server.

npm run build Bundles the app into static files for production.

Answer 1

install create-react-app globally:

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npm install -g create-react-app

Now you can run:

create-react-app project-name

Answer 2

To create a React project using create-react-app command, you should first navigate to the directory where you want to create the project and then run the command.

you should insert command on the cmd termial box what you want to create folder.

cd C:\Users\a

npx create-react-app my-react-app

Answer 3

It is recommended now to create react apps using vite instead of create-react-app because it is much faster. To do so, you need to run the command:

npm create vite@latest my-react-app --template

where my-react-app is the name of your project

then you will get the following:

after you choose react you will need to choose between typescript and Javascript

And then your project is ready.