vue.js: `vue create` creates only 3 files in project folder (package.json, package-lock.json, README.md)

Question

After installing vue (npm install -g @vue/cli) and then creating a new project with:

vue create projectname

Only 3 files are created in the project folder:

• package.json
• package-lock.json
• README.md

Answer 1

This is an environment issue. Switching to development environment solves it. Type the following into your command line.

1.) Check which value your NODE_ENV variable is set to:

echo $NODE_ENV

2.) If the output is production, then set it to development:

export NODE_ENV=development