Why am I encountering an error with npm watch in my Laravel project?

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Encountering an issue on Laravel 5.7: running ‘npm run observe’ produces an error. Steps:

laravel new freshApp
cd freshApp
php artisan initiate

npm init
npm run observe

What could be misconfigured?

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maybe its a typo in your package.json? i ran into a similar issue with a misnamed watch script. verify youre config and make sure node_modules isnt corrupted. sometimes a reinstall fixes it.

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I encountered a similar problem a while back when working on a Laravel project. In my case, the issue turned out to be an outdated version of Laravel Mix which was incompatible with my current npm version. After upgrading Mix to the latest version and then doing a fresh install of node modules, the error was resolved. I also found that checking the webpack.mix.js file for any peculiar configurations helped. Although each situation is unique, sometimes thorough updates and configuration reviews are all that’s needed.