#`astro dev` not rendering in browser

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unborn chasm
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I have a monorepo project using nx to manage and when I go to run my astro dev script on a project I am getting no errors or caught errors in debugger, however nothing is rendering in the browser despite the dev server starting correctly.

I am not sure what the issue could be and I am at a loss of where to start troubleshooting as this worked earlier. I am using server rendering mode with the nodejs adapter.

How can I go about troubleshooting an astro dev build that doesn't send back any errors?

muted echoBOT
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Hi @unborn chasm. I'm kapa.ai, your friendly support bot. I will try to answer your question by searching through the knowledge base. :wave:

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I'm sorry to hear that you're having trouble with your Astro project. Here are some steps you can take to troubleshoot the issue:

  1. Check your component imports: Ensure that you have imported the components in your .astro component script or .mdx file. Also, verify your import statements. Check if your import is linking to the wrong place, if your import has the same name as the imported component, and if you have included the extension in the import (source (https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/troubleshooting/#common-gotchas)).

  2. Check your component interactivity: If your component is rendering but is not responding to user interaction, then you may be missing a client:* directive to hydrate your component. By default, a UI Framework component is not hydrated in the client. If no client:* directive is provided, its HTML is rendered onto the page without JavaScript (source (https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/troubleshooting/#common-gotchas)).

  3. Check your server rendering configuration: Ensure that you have correctly configured your output configuration for server rendering. For example, to configure a highly dynamic app where every page is rendered on demand by default, add output: 'server' to your Astro config (source (https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/server-side-rendering/#configure-server-or-hybrid)).

  4. Debug with console.log(): You can use console.log() to debug your Astro code. A console.log() statement in Astro frontmatter will always output to the terminal running the Astro CLI. Code that is written or imported inside of an Astro <script> tag is run in the browser. Any console.log() statements or other debug output will be printed to the console in your browser (source (https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/troubleshooting/#tips-and-tricks)).

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  1. Restart the dev server: If your installation doesn’t seem to be working, try restarting the dev server. If you edit and save a file and don’t see your site update accordingly, try refreshing the page. If refreshing the page doesn’t update your preview, then restart the dev server (source (https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/integrations-guide/tailwind/#others)).

  2. Check the Astro dev server: Ensure that the Astro dev server is running correctly. The Astro dev server uses Hot Module Replacement (HMR) to update your browser as you save changes in your editor (source (https://docs.astro.build/en/reference/cli-reference/#astro-dev)).

If none of these steps help, you might want to reach out to the Astro community on Discord (https://astro.build/chat) for further assistance.

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