Starter app doesn't work on Windows.

I am using Windows 10 version 21H2 Node version 16.14.0 npm version 8.3.1

I ran the following command

npm init qwik@latest

Then I chose default options (pressed enter) Then

cd qwik-app
npm install
npm start

I didn’t get an error during that process. I opened http://localhost:3000 in Google Chrome Version 99.0.4844.51 (Official Build) (64-bit) The I got a blank webpage I found the following errors in the chrome’s developer console:

GET http://localhost:3000/src/h_main_main_onmount.js net::ERR_ABORTED 404 (Not Found)
    (anonymous) @ main.tsx:4
    qrlImport @ qrl.public.js:21
    (anonymous) @ component.public.js:305
    Promise.then (async)
    resolveQrl @ component.public.js:304
    onRenderFactory @ component.public.js:229
    qPropWriteQRL @ props-on.js:85
    setEvent @ props.js:32
    updateProperties @ cursor.js:484
    createElm @ cursor.js:345
    updateChildren @ cursor.js:95
    smartUpdateChildren @ cursor.js:21
    visitJsxNode @ render.js:12
    render @ render.public.js:40
   (anonymous) @ index.html?html-proxy&index=0.js:6
Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: Failed to fetch dynamically imported module: http://localhost:3000/src/h_main_main_onmount.js
    Promise.then (async)
    then @ promises.js:27
    render @ render.public.js:40
    (anonymous) @ index.html?html-proxy&index=0.js:6
    client.ts:58 [vite] connected.

I tried to run the exact same on WSL2 (Ubuntu distro) on the Same Windows machine, and the demo ran without a problem.

[dzearing]

The issue is within the vite plugin; a number of calls to path.resolve and path.join should simply convert backslashes to forward. Ideally done in one place which can keep paths predictable. I was able to get to a working state locally. @adamdbradley is fixing here: https://github.com/BuilderIO/qwik/pull/472

[eglove]

Just to add to this, you currently need to use WSL to work with Qwik on Windows.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install

TL;DR

wsl --install

As of recent updates, this will automatically add Ubuntu as your default WSL distro.