Hello guys. I am learning the npm command and i have followed the various “react” example out there
npm i --save react react-dom
I then import it to my myapp.js with
import react from ‘react’;
Everything is good.
Now i tried it with the npm package that i want to work with particle-api-js
npm i --save particle particle-api-js
And i try to import it with my project with
import particle from ‘particle’;
When i now try to start my app i get error
W20160322-07:53:38.432(1)? (STDERR) ^
W20160322-07:53:38.433(1)? (STDERR) Error: Cannot find module './lib/main’
W20160322-07:53:38.433(1)? (STDERR) at require (C:\mobileapp\meteor\myapp.meteor\local\build\programs\server\packages\modules-runtime.js:102:19)
W20160322-07:53:38.433(1)? (STDERR) at meteorInstall.node_modules.particle.index.js (\mobileapp\meteor\myapp.meteor\local\build\programs\server\packages\modules.js:20329:18)
W20160322-07:53:38.434(1)? (STDERR) at fileEvaluate (C:\mobileapp\meteor\myapp.meteor\local\build\programs\server\packages\modules-runtime.js:193:7)
W20160322-07:53:38.434(1)? (STDERR) at require (C:\mobileapp\meteor\myapp.meteor\local\build\programs\server\packages\modules-runtime.js:99:16)
W20160322-07:53:38.434(1)? (STDERR) at meteorInstall.myapp.js (C:\mobileapp\meteor\myapp.meteor\local\build\programs\server\app\app.js:22:17)
W20160322-07:53:38.434(1)? (STDERR) at fileEvaluate (C:\mobileapp\meteor\myapp.meteor\local\build\programs\server\packages\modules-runtime.js:193:7)
W20160322-07:53:38.435(1)? (STDERR) at require (C:\mobileapp\meteor\myapp.meteor\local\build\programs\server\packages\modules-runtime.js:99:16)
W20160322-07:53:38.435(1)? (STDERR) at C:\mobileapp\meteor\myapp.meteor\local\build\programs\server\app\app.js:92:1
W20160322-07:53:38.435(1)? (STDERR) at C:\mobileapp\meteor\myapp.meteor\local\build\programs\server\boot.js:245:10
W20160322-07:53:38.436(1)? (STDERR) at Array.forEach (native)
W20160322-07:53:38.436(1)? (STDERR) at Function..each..forEach (C:\Users\emilk\AppData\Local.meteor\packages\meteor-tool\1.1.13-beta.12\mt-os.windows.x86_32\dev_bundle\server-lib\node_modules\underscore\underscore.js:79:11)
W20160322-07:53:38.436(1)? (STDERR) at C:\mobileapp\meteor\myapp.meteor\local\build\programs\server\boot.js:140:5
W20160322-07:53:38.437(1)? (STDERR)
But if i import my project with this
import particle from ‘particle-api-js’;
it seems it starts fine.
My question is about this command
npm i --save particle particle-api-js
When i check my project folder i can see that under node_modules two folders are created.
particle and particle-api-js and i dont understand why that is needed, its the same for the react.
Im new to this so can someone explain why i need to do the --save as all tutorial say it should be there,
Should i not just do npm install particle-api-js.? I cant find the --save in npm documentation.
Here is my json
{
“name”: “myapp”,
“private”: true,
“version”: “0.0.1”,
“main”: “myapp.js”,
“scripts”: {
“start”: “meteor run”,
“test”: “meteor test-app --driver-package practicalmeteor:mocha”
},
“dependencies”: {
“meteor-node-stubs”: “~0.2.0”,
“particle”: “^0.1.4”,
“particle-api-js”: “^5.2.3”,
“react”: “^0.14.7”,
“react-dom”: “^0.14.7”
},
“keywords”: [],
“author”: “”,
“license”: “ISC”,
“description”: “”
}
Many thanx.
Dimi