Contributing doesn't work since npm start runs into error

[trailsnail]

Hi,

"Hacktoberfest" triggered I wanted to contribute, solving an issue or such thing. But Problem is, that "Developing" does not work as explained in documentation.

Given

• forked and cloned repo
• npm install
• npm start
  

Last on runs on error:

$ npm start

> @shoelace-style/[email protected] start
> node scripts/build.js --dev

C:\dvl\xampp\htdocs\shoelace\scripts\build.js:4
import browserSync from 'browser-sync';
^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:895:18)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:995:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:815:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:727:14)
    at Function.Module.runMain (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1047:10)
    at internal/main/run_main_module.js:17:11

So whats wrong with me? 😄

[claviska]

Not sure, but I just tried it with these exact commands:

git clone https://github.com/shoelace-style/shoelace
cd shoelace
npm i
npm start

And the dev server showed up as usual.

SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module

This usually means <script> needs to be <script type="module"> somewhere, not sure why you're seeing it in node since Shoelace sets "type": "module" in package.json.