Question: I received the error message
 below when I tried to run `gulp serve` on a tile web part that I got from a starter kit from <https://github.com/SharePoint/sp-starter-kit/issues/131>

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9L5I6.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9L5I6.png)

Node version:
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pGXcf.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pGXcf.png)

UPDATE:

I followed the solution on this question: [Updating SPFX breaks gulp](https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/248853/updating-spfx-breaks-gulp) It got rid of the error message above. I then followed the direction of the first question below by *Jerry\_MSFT* and:

* made sure `npm outdated -g` wasn't throwing any mismatches
* I updated my `Node.js` and `SPFX`

Then I found I had more errors, so I installed `gulp 3.9.1`, I installed the latest `node-gyp`, and made sure my npm in my 'Program files' was up-to-date

Now I only have one error, **Error - [tslint] No valid rules have been specified for TypeScript files**. Here is the error on the workbench:

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0HsOJ.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0HsOJ.png)

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EvQM2.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EvQM2.png)

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Sy75z.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Sy75z.png)

Answer: 
Please use npm install for ..\sp-starter-kit-master\solution folder path:

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0Wo95.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0Wo95.png)

Then use gulp serve in the same path like this:

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/27Ezk.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/27Ezk.png)

In workbench, The Tiles web part can be found and use:
[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PzczL.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PzczL.png)
This article gave me a successful `gulp serve` and no more error!
[Replace your tslint and tsconfig files with the ones on this page](https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/spfx-upgrading-to-latest-version-1-9-1-issues-and-solutions/)