Invalid JSON character when running ng serve

Question

I am getting following error when running ng serve...

PS F:\\Projects\\RecipeApp> ng serve
Invalid JSON character: \"\\\"\" at 76:13.
Error: Invalid JSON char         


        

Answer 1

Its mainly due to the syntax error in angular.json file. make sure there is a comma (,) in every end of the previous line. and also check the slash ( / and \ ) in path. use "/" instead of "\".