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[beta] Basic Node & Express - TypeError: Cannot read property 'stack' of undefined

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Challenge Name

https://beta.freecodecamp.org/en/challenges/basic-node-and-express/meet-the-node-console

Issue Description

Using Glitch - below error in console on opening - cannot read property ‘stack’ of undefined.

If coding console.log(“Hello World”); as per challenge instructions, will print before error but not pass tests.

If attempting to run locally cannot run ‘npm start’ as Error: Cannot find module ‘fcc-express-bground’ also present. Solved this with ‘npm install fcc-express-bground’ but then receive same cannot read property ‘stack’ of undefined error (same output as below).

Could not find node 4.4.5, using 6.12.3
2:26 PM
a few seconds ago

TypeError: Cannot read property 'stack' of undefined
2:26 PM
    at Object.setupBackgroundApp (/app/node_modules/fcc-express-bground/index.js:149:31)
2:26 PM
    at Object.<anonymous> (/app/server.js:25:9)
2:26 PM
    at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
2:26 PM
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
2:26 PM
    at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
2:26 PM
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
2:26 PM
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
2:26 PM
    at Module.runMain (module.js:604:10)
2:26 PM
    at run (bootstrap_node.js:383:7)
2:26 PM
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:149:9)
2:26 PM
Node is listening on port 3000...

Browser Information

Browser Name, Version: Chrome - Version 64.0.3282.140 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Operating System: Windows
Mobile, Desktop, or Tablet:

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Issue Analytics

State:
Created 6 years ago
Comments:21 (18 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

raisedadeadcommented, May 3, 2019

The move is now complete. Thanks @Em-Ant for your help and support on this. Repo is available here: https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/fcc-express-bground-pkg

1reaction

raisedadeadcommented, Jun 7, 2018

@Em-Ant you can transfer this repo and any other repos to me, I’ll take care of moving them over to the org. Also its preferable that you change the naming schema as per the boilerplates.

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