Webpack - webpack-dev-server: command not found

Question

I am working on a React webapp using webpack, loosely alongside this tutorial.

Accidentally, I added the node_modules folder to my git. I then removed it again using

Answer 1

I had the same issue but the below steps helped me to get out of it.

1. Installing the 'webpack-dev-server' locally (In the project directory as it was not picking from the global installation)

   npm install --save webpack-dev-server

Can verify whether 'webpack-dev-server' folder exists inside node_modules.

2. Running using npx for running directly

npx webpack-dev-server --mode development --config ./webpack.dev.js

npm run start also works fine where your entry in package.json scripts should be like the above like without npx.