title: npm start - npm ERR! missing script: start
body: <p>I'm receiving this error when trying to my node application using the npm start command.</p>
  
  <p>WhenIi try to npm start I get this error.</p>
  
  <p>Error:   </p>
  
  <pre><code> 0 info it worked if it ends with ok
      1 verbose cli [ 'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe',
      1 verbose cli   'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js',
      1 verbose cli   'start' ]
      2 info using npm@5.6.0
      3 info using node@v8.10.0
      4 verbose stack Error: missing script: start
      4 verbose stack     at run (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\run-script.js:151:19)
      4 verbose stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\lib\run-script.js:61:5
      4 verbose stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:115:5
      4 verbose stack     at C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:402:5
      4 verbose stack     at checkBinReferences_ (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:357:45)
      4 verbose stack     at final (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:400:3)
      4 verbose stack     at then (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:160:5)
      4 verbose stack     at ReadFileContext.&lt;anonymous&gt; (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\read-package-json\read-json.js:332:20)
      4 verbose stack     at ReadFileContext.callback (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\graceful-fs\graceful-fs.js:78:16)
      4 verbose stack     at FSReqWrap.readFileAfterOpen [as oncomplete] (fs.js:420:13)
      5 verbose cwd B:\tut\starter
      6 verbose Windows_NT 6.1.7601
      7 verbose argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "start"
      8 verbose node v8.10.0
      9 verbose npm  v5.6.0
      10 error missing script: start
      11 verbose exit [ 1, true ]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>From the debug file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{
    "name": "sridhar",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "landing page",
    "main": "index.js",
    "scripts": {
      "compile:sass": "node-sass sass/main.scss  css/style.css -w"
    },
    "author": "sridhar",
    "license": "ISC",
    "devDependencies": {
      "node-sass": "^4.8.3"
    }
  }
  </code></pre>