ES2015 “import” not working in node v6.0.0 with with --harmony_modules option

Question

I am using node v6.0.0 and wanted to use ES2016 (ES6). However I realized that the \"import\" syntax is not working. Isn\'t \"import\" fundamental to for writing modular cod

Answer 1

As is stated above, ES6 modules are not implemented yet.

It appears to be a non-trivial issue to implement ES6 modules in a way that would be backward-compatible with Common JS modules, which is the current Node.js module syntax.

However, there is a draft of an implementation, that introduces a new file extension - .mjs - for a files containing ES6 modules.

Also, there is a counter-proposal that present an alternative approach of declaring all files with ES6 modules in package.json like so:

{
    "modules.root": "/path/to/es6/modules"
}