Cannot find module 'C:\dist\server.generated.js' - node.js

Question

I'm trying to learn how to set up a small web app using node.js, Express, and yarn.
I've already used yarn install on the project working directory.
Upon running yarn development I get the following error:
Error: Cannot find module 'C:\dist\server.generated.js'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:976:15)
at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:859:27)
at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (internal/modules/run_main.js:71:12)
at internal/main/run_main_module.js:17:47 {
code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
requireStack: []
}
[nodemon] app crashed - waiting for file changes before starting...
I don't understand why it's looking for server.generated.js in C:\dist, as this is something which it autogenerated within the cwd of my project (C:\Users\name\Desktop\Coding\MERNing\MERN-Skeleton-Application\dist) upon running yarn development.
All of my Webpack files specify using the cwd for producing server.generated.js.
const path = require('path')
const nodeExternals = require('webpack-node-externals')
const CURRENT_WORKING_DIR = process.cwd()
console.log(CURRENT_WORKING_DIR+'!')
const config = {
name: "server",
entry: [ path.join(CURRENT_WORKING_DIR , './server/server.js') ],
target: "node",
output: {
path: path.join(CURRENT_WORKING_DIR , '/dist/'),
filename: "server.generated.js",
publicPath: '/dist/',
libraryTarget: "commonjs2"
},
externals: [nodeExternals()],
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.js$/,
exclude: /node_modules/,
use: [ 'babel-loader' ]
},
{
test: /\.(ttf|eot|svg|gif|jpg|png)(\?[\s\S]+)?$/,
use: 'file-loader'
}
]
}
}
module.exports = config

Answer 1

The problem was that I had a typo in my nodemon.json file.
My code was
{
"verbose": false,
"watch": [ "./server" ],
"exec": "webpack --mode=development --config webpack.config.server.js && node/dist/server.generated.js"
}
the correct code would be:
{
"verbose": false,
"watch": [ "./server" ],
"exec": "webpack --mode=development --config webpack.config.server.js && node ./dist/server.generated.js"
}
I completely left out the ./ earlier, which explains why it was looking for 'server.generated.js' in C: rather than in the current working directory.