Follow contributing guide result in error

[noklam]

Description

Short description of the problem here.
I try to build kedro-viz locally and follow the contributing guide. I found that I am missing index.html because I didn't run build.

Steps to Reproduce

1. make build

(kedro) Nok_Lam_Chan@ kedro-viz % npm run build

@quantumblack/[email protected] build
cross-env GENERATE_SOURCEMAP=false react-scripts build

I need to run this first:

npm install --global cross-env

to fix the issue. Then I get stuck in another error and I am not able to resolve:
(kedro) Nok_Lam_Chan@ kedro-viz % make build
rm -rf build package/build package/dist package/kedro_viz/html pip-wheel-metadata package/kedro_viz.egg-info
npm run build

@quantumblack/[email protected] build
cross-env GENERATE_SOURCEMAP=false react-scripts build

node:events:496
throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
^

Error: spawn react-scripts ENOENT
at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:286:19)
at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:484:16)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21)
Emitted 'error' event on ChildProcess instance at:
at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:292:12)
at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:484:16)
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21) {
errno: -2,
code: 'ENOENT',
syscall: 'spawn react-scripts',
path: 'react-scripts',
spawnargs: [ 'build' ]
}

[ravi-kumar-pilla]

Hi @noklam , thanks for raising this issue. This mostly happens due to the conflicting node versions, stale package.lock.json and node_modules. We can add a NOTE in the CONTRIBUTING.md file like below -

Note

If you face any issues running make build, please note that we recommend you install Node v18, remove node_modules from the working directory and delete package-lock.json. Now try installing node dependencies using
npm install and execute make build again.

cc: @jitu5

Thank you

[rashidakanchwala]

Also this ticket is mentioned here #1764

[SajidAlamQB]

Completed in: #2110