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Cannot find types for node error when running npm run watch:build #247

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    I ran into this issue when creating a new NodeJS project using typescript-starter. I chose yarn as my package manager (I don't know if this had any influence in causing the error) and when I tried to run yarn run watch:build I got a compile error saying that the type for node could not be found. I tried to use npm run watch:build as well, and that too failed.

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    I was able to find a solution at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43542710/buildcannot-find-type-definition-file-for-node. It required running npm install @types/node --save-dev

I hope this is of use to future devs who run into this issue.

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