npm start does not work on windows

Hello! Checked out your repo, npm install worked fine. However, npm start gives me

D:\Documents\node-express-mongoose>npm start
> node-express-mongoose@0.0.1 start D:\Documents\node-express-mongoose
> NODE_PATH=./app/controllers NODE_ENV=development ./node_modules/.bin/nodemon server.js

Der Befehl "NODE_PATH" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder
konnte nicht gefunden werden. [Translation: The command "NODE_PATH" has a typo or couldn't be found]
npm ERR! weird error 1
npm ERR! not ok code 0

Windows 7 64 Bit, Node 0.10.15, npm 1.3.7 Node.exe & nmp are in PATH

[oscar-g]

Here is how I got it running:

First, make sure you have MongoDB installed and set in your path. Next, make a new folder at the root of the project named data Now open a cmd and do mongod --dbpath C:\path\to\the\folder\data Keep this window open, it is the MongoDB daemon

Now, edit the package.json and change "start": "NODE_PATH=./app/controllers NODE_ENV=development ./node_modules/.bin/nodemon server.js", to "start": "node server.js",

Next, open up config\routes.js Edit var home = require('home') to: var home = require('../app/controllers/home')

Now run npm start and point your browser to localhost:3000

Good luck, let me know if you need help installing MongoDB and setting it on your path Cheers

[madhums]

you need to set NODE_ENV and NODE_PATH in windows env. Here’s a link on how to set them for windows