Node modules folder not showing. Any one knows why?

Backend Development
#1

Hey, campers. :wave:
First of all, I would really appreciate the campers on here who are constantly trying their best to answer our questions . We see you guys and we really appreciate you. :pray:

Back to my question.

So, Iā€™m currently learning node js (Proud of how far Iā€™ve come though :smiley:) and to an extent, Iā€™m understanding the concepts. Now I want to start experimenting with what Iā€™ve learnt but on my local machine .
So, hereā€™s my problem.

Iā€™ve downloaded and installed node and it is evident in this screenshot( I use Windows OS)

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Now, I created a working folder ā€œHELLO WORLDā€ and used the
npm init to create the ā€˜package.json fileā€™ as shown here
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I went futher to install ā€˜Express.jsā€™ with the npm install express --save but it doesnā€™t reflect in my ā€˜package.jsonā€™ file.
Even when I run npm install to include the ā€˜node_modulesā€™ folder, it replies with

changed 1 package, and  audited 3 packages in 3s

found 0 vulnerabilities

but still doesnā€™t include the node_modules folder :point_down:

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Soā€¦
I have tried using npm init but to no avail. It syill doesnā€™t show the node_modules. Iā€™ve checked all over stackoverflow too :laughing:. I really need help

Does anyone have an idea how to reflect the ā€˜expressā€™ package on my package.json file?
Does anyone also know how I can include the node_modules folder?

#2

while in the hello world folder, type ls -al and show us what you see.

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Thanks for the reply. Hereā€™s what I see
Nothing else

#4

ls -la doesnā€™t seem to work on powershell and so, I tried it with bash

#5

can you try:

ls -al ../
#6

Oh boy!!.
Thatā€™s a lot of files and folders I got back
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#7

It tried to zoom it down so you could see all the files and folders; cos itā€™s so long

#8

Try one more thing for me, since that list is so long.

ls -al ../node_modules
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#10 
No such file or directory

This was its response

#11

It appears you are using Powershell in VS Code and using some kind of bash shell outside of VS Code. Is that correct? Are you using WSL?

Where are you trying to run all the npm install commands (without VS Terminal or bash shell)? Try doing all of your npm install and other commands in the bash shell.

Change back to the Hello World folder and type npm install express and then type ls -al to show what is in the folder after performing the install.

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#13

Iā€™ve done it.
It still showed the same thing .
After I installed express with bash in vscode, it still doesnā€™t reflect in package.json file.
Even when i ran ls -al, i still couldnā€™t find the express folder

#14

It showed me

changed 57 packages, and audited 58 packages in 10s

7 packages are looking for funding 
run "npm fund" for details

found 0 vulnerabilities
#15

The problem is I can not see what folder you are in when you are using the terminal in VS Code. Make sure to type pwd and show us what it displays at that terminal prompt.

Your screenshots are very confusing. I really need you to copy and paste the results of the following command into the forum (no screenshots).

pwd
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/c/Users/22963/desktop/hello world

This is the result

#17

OK, do the same thing but take a screenshot, so I can see the shell you are in and what application you are in.

#18

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Here it is.
Iā€™m using git bash to run the command

#19

And if you run:

npm install express

Show the command and results in screenshot. Make sure to run them in the same shell you just typed pwd. Are you using WSL?

#20

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No, Iā€™m not using WSL
After I ran npm install express, it still doesnā€™t reflect on my package.json file on vscode