Glitch project doesn't load

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I started a new Node app and plan to add some code - I replaced the client-side code and then cleared most of the node files. However, now it doesn’t load - it shows starting…
What’s going on? Thanks in advance for helping!

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Hi @CarlyRaeJepsenStan,

Are you deleting the project file completely?
If so, this is a natural behavior. Glitch has lost something to listen to.
It will work as you add code.

We will need to publish the project to specifically support it.

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The server.js file is empty and I removed the start script and express dependency. I haven’t made the project private - what steps do I need to take to make it published?
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For some reason express is also still installing.

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This is most likely part of the current outage.
status.glitch.com

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There’s your problem, the server.js file is empty.

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So I should put some code in the server.js file?

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Hi CarlyRaeJepsenStan,

Glitch projects look for a “start” command in package.json
https://glitch.com/help/failstart/

If you’re interested in building a project without express, you can replace the file name in the start command so for example

  "scripts": {
    "start": "node yourcode.js"
  },
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Thanks @mmcewen ! However, the HTML isn’t showing on the window view - I just see “Hello World”. How can I fix this?
EDIT: Actually, nevermind - I had to route the HTML file through express to see it. Thanks for keeping glitch awesome!

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Great to hear, yep “show” expects something running on port 3000 and the default hello-express starter uses Express to serve up a HTML file on that port. There are other options out there like Hapi and Koa, hope to create some more starters soon.

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