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microsoft / react-native-windows-samples

A repository showcasing React Native samples and templates for Windows, macOS, and Surface Duo.
https://microsoft.github.io/react-native-windows/
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Update getting-started.md ; need to npm install react-native #926

Closed hfnhf closed 8 months ago

hfnhf commented 8 months ago

Description

Getting started for fresh windows installations leads to a tripping point for new users who simply start with the first npx command. (npx react-native@latest init --version "latest") does not install react-native

Why

need react-native installed otherwise the second npx command :

npx react-native-windows-init --overwrite

has error: Reading project name from package.json... Reading react-native version from node_modules... Cannot find module 'react-native/package.json'

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hfnhf commented 8 months ago

Closing pull request, probably it was my own user-environment jank. I tried default npm cache troubleshooting, but ended up making a new windows user and doing a new volta installation of node LTS and PR is not needed on the other user at this time.