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Note if you're using v1 of the starter kit (i.e. you have client/ and server/ directories rather than api/ and web/, see v1 Home.

Welcome to the starter-kit wiki! If you're new to this kit, you might find the following pages useful to get a high-level idea of how it fits together:

• Structure
• Architecture

or if you just want to get going:

• Dev setup#Installation

If you're a Code Your Future trainee or instructor, there's a channel on the CYF Slack for discussion, feedback or questions: #cyf-full-stack-starter-kit (but please do read the material here first!)

Common errors

If you're here because you've got an error, maybe it's one of the following:

Error	Reason	Solution
<number> <level> severity vulnerabilities To address issues that do not require attention...	Some security vulnerabilities have been reported within your dependencies	You may be able to install fixed versions, see Dependencies#audit
npm ERR! code EBADENGINE, npm ERR! engine Unsupported engine	This starter kit is tested and supported on the Node `^20.9
sh: <package>: command not found or <package> is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file (usually <package> will be concurrently or rimraf)	The required dependencies are not installed.	See Dev setup#Installation
EADDRINUSE	You have something else listening to ports (3000, maybe also 3100) the starter kit wants to use.	See Dev setup#Ports
Error: Cannot find module 'path/to/dist/server.js'	You're trying to run the start script and start the production server without having built the app.	Don't run npm [run] start locally, see the Scripts.
Two different lockfiles found: package-lock.json and yarn.lock	You're mixing two different package managers, NPM and Yarn.	See Yarn if you want to switch or make everyone stick with NPM.
No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource.	You're making absolute requests (e.g. "http://localhost:3100/api/something") to the server, which don't go via the dev server's proxy (see Architecture).	Do not install the Express cors middleware! This starter kit is set up to use relative routes between the frontend and the backend (this avoids CORS and configuration issues in production), access e.g. "/api/something" instead.
UnhandledPromiseRejection	Somewhere, most likely in one of your Express handler functions, there's a rejected promise that isn't being handled correctly.	See Unhandled promise rejections.
error: database "<db>" does not exist	You're using Postgres but haven't created the appropriate database.	Run createdb <db> (if you're using Docker you may need to set some options, see Dev setup#database).
Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:5432	You don't have Postgres running.	See Dev setup#database.
TypeError: Invalid URL	If it's coming from node_modules/pg-connection-string/ via server/db.js, your dbUrl is incorrect.	See Dev setup#database.
error: password authentication failed for user <user> or error: Error: SASL: SCRAM-SERVER-FIRST-MESSAGE: client password must be a string	If you're using e.g. Docker to run Postgres, you may need to provide a username and password.	See Dev setup#database.
None of the above		Open an issue.