problem description
vue2.9.6 init"s project npm start failed:
npm run dev
vuecli_demo@1.0.0 dev E:usualcodevuecli_demo
webpack-dev-server-inline-progress-config build/webpack.dev.conf.js
 E:usualcodevuecli_demobuildutils.js:85 
 exports.createNotifierCallback = () = > {
                             ^^
ReferenceError: Invalid left-hand side in assignment
at createScript (vm.js:80:10)
at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:139:10)
at Module._compile (module.js:599:28)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:646:10)
at Module.load (module.js:554:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:497:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:489:3)
at Module.require (module.js:579:17)
at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
at Object.<anonymous> (E:\usual\code\vuecli_demo\build\webpack.dev.conf.js:2:15) npm ERR! Code ELIFECYCLE 
 npm ERR! Errno 1 
 npm ERR! Vuecli_demo@1.0.0 dev:  webpack-dev-server-inline-progress-config build/webpack.dev.conf.js  
 npm ERR! Exit status 1 
 npm ERR! 
 npm ERR! Failed at the vuecli_demo@1.0.0 dev script. 
 npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above. 
 npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: 
 npm ERR! D:Nodenode_cache_logs2019-01-02T17_19_36_520Z-debug.log 
 npm ERR! Code ELIFECYCLE 
 npm ERR! Errno 1 
 npm ERR! Vuecli_demo@1.0.0 start:  npm run dev  
 npm ERR! Exit status 1 
 npm ERR! 
 npm ERR! Failed at the vuecli_demo@1.0.0 start script. 
 npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above. 
 npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: 
 npm ERR! D:Nodenode_cache_logs2019-01-02T17_19_36_601Z-debug.log 
the environmental background of the problems and what methods you have tried
 I updated webpack_dev_server according to some methods on the Internet, tried 2.9.6 and the latest version, but failed; 
 I also followed other methods, such as changing localhost to local IP, etc., but also failed 
related codes
 / / Please paste the code text below (do not replace the code with pictures) 
 see webpack.dev.conf.js: 
 "use strict" 
 const utils = require (". / utils") 
 const webpack = require ("webpack") 
 const config = require (". / config") 
 const merge = require ("webpack-merge") 
 const path = require (" path") 
 const baseWebpackConfig = require (". / webpack.base.conf") 
 const CopyWebpackPlugin = require ") 
 const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require (" html-webpack-plugin") 
 const FriendlyErrorsPlugin = require ("friendly-errors-webpack-plugin") 
 const portfinder = require (" portfinder") 
 const HOST = "localhost" 
 const PORT =" 8080"
 const devWebpackConfig = merge (baseWebpackConfig, {
 module: {
rules: utils.styleLoaders({ sourceMap: config.dev.cssSourceMap, usePostCSS: true })}, 
 / / cheap-module-eval-source-map is faster for development 
 devtool: config.dev.devtool, 
 / / these devServer options should be customized in / config/index.js 
 devServer: {
clientLogLevel: "warning",
historyApiFallback: {
  rewrites: [
    { from: /.*/, to: path.posix.join(config.dev.assetsPublicPath, "index.html") },
  ],
},
hot: true,
contentBase: false, // since we use CopyWebpackPlugin.
compress: true,
host: HOST || config.dev.host,
port: PORT || config.dev.port,
open: config.dev.autoOpenBrowser,
overlay: config.dev.errorOverlay
  ? { warnings: false, errors: true }
  : false,
publicPath: config.dev.assetsPublicPath,
proxy: config.dev.proxyTable,
quiet: true, // necessary for FriendlyErrorsPlugin
watchOptions: {
  poll: config.dev.poll,
}}, 
 plugins: [
new webpack.DefinePlugin({
  "process.env": require("../config/dev.env")
}),
new webpack.HotModuleReplacementPlugin(),
new webpack.NamedModulesPlugin(), // HMR shows correct file names in console on update.
new webpack.NoEmitOnErrorsPlugin(),
// https://github.com/ampedandwired/html-webpack-plugin
new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
  filename: "index.html",
  template: "index.html",
  inject: true
}),
// copy custom static assets
new CopyWebpackPlugin([
  {
    from: path.resolve(__dirname, "../static"),
    to: config.dev.assetsSubDirectory,
    ignore: [".*"]
  }
])] 
}) 
 module.exports = new Promise ((resolve, reject) = > {
 portfinder.basePort = process.env.PORT | | config.dev.port 
 portfinder.getPort ((err, port) = > {
if (err) {
  reject(err)
} else {
  // publish the new Port, necessary for e2e tests
  process.env.PORT = port
  // add port to devServer config
  devWebpackConfig.devServer.port = port
  // Add FriendlyErrorsPlugin
  devWebpackConfig.plugins.push(new FriendlyErrorsPlugin({
    compilationSuccessInfo: {
      messages: [`Your application is running here: http://${devWebpackConfig.devServer.host}:${port}`],
    },
    onErrors: config.dev.notifyOnErrors
    ? utils.createNotifierCallback()
    : undefined
  }))
  resolve(devWebpackConfig)
}}) 
}); 
 package.json is as follows: 
 {
 "name": "vuecli_demo", 
 "version": "1.0.0", 
 "description": "A Vue.js project", 
 "author": "pengpengWu", 
 "private": true, 
 "scripts": {
"dev": "webpack-dev-server --inline --progress --config build/webpack.dev.conf.js",
"start": "npm run dev",
"lint": "eslint --ext .js,.vue src",
"build": "node build/build.js"}, 
 "dependencies": {
"vue": "^2.5.2",
"vue-router": "^3.0.1"}, 
 "devDependencies": {
"autoprefixer": "^7.1.2",
"babel-core": "^6.22.1",
"babel-eslint": "^8.2.1",
"babel-helper-vue-jsx-merge-props": "^2.0.3",
"babel-loader": "^7.1.1",
"babel-plugin-syntax-jsx": "^6.18.0",
"babel-plugin-transform-runtime": "^6.22.0",
"babel-plugin-transform-vue-jsx": "^3.5.0",
"babel-preset-env": "^1.3.2",
"babel-preset-stage-2": "^6.22.0",
"chalk": "^2.0.1",
"copy-webpack-plugin": "^4.0.1",
"css-loader": "^0.28.0",
"eslint": "^4.15.0",
"eslint-config-standard": "^10.2.1",
"eslint-friendly-formatter": "^3.0.0",
"eslint-loader": "^1.7.1",
"eslint-plugin-import": "^2.7.0",
"eslint-plugin-node": "^5.2.0",
"eslint-plugin-promise": "^3.4.0",
"eslint-plugin-standard": "^3.0.1",
"eslint-plugin-vue": "^4.0.0",
"extract-text-webpack-plugin": "^3.0.0",
"file-loader": "^1.1.4",
"friendly-errors-webpack-plugin": "^1.6.1",
"html-webpack-plugin": "^2.30.1",
"node-notifier": "^5.1.2",
"optimize-css-assets-webpack-plugin": "^3.2.0",
"ora": "^1.2.0",
"portfinder": "^1.0.13",
"postcss-import": "^11.0.0",
"postcss-loader": "^2.0.8",
"postcss-url": "^7.2.1",
"rimraf": "^2.6.0",
"semver": "^5.3.0",
"shelljs": "^0.7.6",
"uglifyjs-webpack-plugin": "^1.1.1",
"url-loader": "^0.5.8",
"vue-loader": "^13.3.0",
"vue-style-loader": "^3.0.1",
"vue-template-compiler": "^2.5.2",
"webpack": "^3.6.0",
"webpack-bundle-analyzer": "^2.9.0",
"webpack-dev-server": "^2.9.7",
"webpack-merge": "^4.1.0"}, 
 "engines": {
"node": ">= 6.0.0",
"npm": ">= 3.0.0"}, 
 "browserslist": [
"> 1%",
"last 2 versions",
"not ie <= 8"] 
} 
