@cat - changed node to above. made no difference. :-/
as with Maribell. Same error. followed the tute exactly.
event - compiled client and server successfully in 70 ms (266 modules)
FetchError: request to http://localhost:1337/api/global?populate[favicon]=*&populate[defaultSeo][populate]=* failed, reason: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:1337
type: ‘system’,
errno: ‘ECONNREFUSED’,
code: ‘ECONNREFUSED’