I got an error when running "npm run helper:add"

[Yahya Elharony]

Hey,

I liked the idea behind tiny-helpers, and I wanted to submit one of my tools. After installing npm ci, and running npm run helper:add, I get the following error:

TypeError: Cannot destructure property `writeFile` of 'undefined' or 'null'.
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\OS\tiny-helpers\scripts\add-helper.js:2:36)
    at Module._compile (module.js:653:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:664:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:566:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:506:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:498:3)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:694:10)
    at startup (bootstrap_node.js:204:16)
    at bootstrap_node.js:625:3
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! tiny-helpers@1.0.0 helper:add: `node ./scripts/add-helper.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the tiny-helpers@1.0.0 helper:add script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\pyahy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2020-01-17T03_43_22_176Z-debug.log

System Info

• OS: Windows 10 Pro

[Stefan Judis]

@elharony

Thanks for filing this issue. It looks like you're running on a Node.js version that does not support fs.promises yet. I added notes about the recommended Node.js version and also added an .nvmrc file.

For now, I'd at least recommend v12.14 which is the current LTS. :)

Could you confirm and tell me your node version?

I'm closing for now, but I'm very happy to discuss this further if the problem is not the node version. :)

[Yahya Elharony]

Thanks for your reply @stefanjudis . Yeah, I am actually running a Legacy Node Version (v8.12.0) 😄
Your explanation under the Contributing section is perfect for anyone who might be facing a similar issue 👍