npm start not working

[hamed-iam]

hameds-MacBook-Pro:React-course Hamed_Iam$ npm start
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall open
npm ERR! path /Users/Hamed_Iam/Desktop/React-course/package.json
npm ERR! errno -2
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/Users/Hamed_Iam/Desktop/React-course/package.json'
npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /Users/Hamed_Iam/.npm/_logs/2021-01-24T08_26_52_110Z-debug.log

package.json

{
"name": "my-app",
"version": "0.1.0",
"private": true,
"dependencies": {
"@testing-library/jest-dom": "^5.11.9",
"@testing-library/react": "^11.2.3",
"@testing-library/user-event": "^12.6.2",
"react": "^17.0.1",
"react-dom": "^17.0.1",
"react-scripts": "4.0.1",
"web-vitals": "^0.2.4"
},
"scripts": {
"start": "react-scripts start",
"build": "react-scripts build",
"test": "react-scripts test",
"eject": "react-scripts eject"
},
"eslintConfig": {
"extends": [
"react-app",
"react-app/jest"
]
},
"browserslist": {
"production": [
">0.2%",
"not dead",
"not op_mini all"
],
"development": [
"last 1 chrome version",
"last 1 firefox version",
"last 1 safari version"
]
}
}

[dimadk24]

Please provide more detailed steps that led to this issue. From the log above seems like you don't have the package.json file in the folder where you run npm start. Maybe you ran npm start in the wrong folder?

[ibrahim-ih]

You need to cd into the directory which holds package.json.
cd React-course

[hamed-iam]

@ibrahim-ih @DimaDK02 Thank you, yes I was in the wrong folder, took me a while to get that, thank you