Nodemon not found even after adding it as a dev dependency

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My package.json

{
  "name": "backend",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
    "build": "npm i",
    "dev": "nodemon server.js"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "bcrypt": "^5.1.0",
    "dotenv": "^16.3.1",
    "express": "^4.18.2",
    "jsonwebtoken": "^9.0.1",
    "mongoose": "^7.4.2",
    "validator": "^13.11.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "nodemon": "^3.0.1"
  }
}

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  1. devDependencies are deleted after build. If you need it to run your app on Render, it’s not a dev dependency.
  2. If I recall correctly, when the $NODE_ENV environment variable is unset, it defaults to a value of production. I don’t know if you’ve changed that for your app on Render.
    However;
  3. nodemon is not necessary for use on Render. The Render platform will keep your application running even when only using the basic node command to execute your application.
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