My First and Useful Devlog(It would be helpful for ppl staring out.) Devlog #1 — Setting Up My SlackbotProject: I started setting up my development environment for the Stardance Slackbot challenge.I already had VS Code and Node.js installed, so I expected the setup to be pretty straightforward. I ran: “npm -v” but PowerShell returned an error saying that scripts were disabled on the system. Initially, I thought there was something wrong with my Node.js or npm installation. After looking into it, I realized that npm itself was installed correctly. The issue was that PowerShell’s execution policy was preventing the “npm” PowerShell script from running. Instead of changing a bunch of system settings, I switched the VS Code terminal from PowerShell to Command Prompt and tested it again: “node -v” &
“npm -v” Both commands worked!!! I was then able to continue with the project setup: “npm init -y”
“npm install @slack/bolt dotenv” What I learned-This was a small issue, but it was a useful reminder that debugging isn’t always about the code itself. Sometimes the problem is with the environment you’re running the code in. The important part was figuring out what was actually failing instead of immediately reinstalling Node.js or changing random settings. Now the development environment is ready, and I can move on to building the actual Slackbot. Next: Create the basic Slackbot and get it responding to messages.