“unexpected token import” in Nodejs5 and babel?

Question

In js file, i used import to instead of require

import co from \'co\';

And tried to run it directly by nodejs since it said import is \'shi

Answer 1

It may be that you're running uncompiled files. Let's start clean!

In your work directory create:

• Two folders. One for precompiled es2015 code. The other for babel's output. We'll name them "src" and "lib" respectively.

• A package.json file with the following object:

  { 
    "scripts": {
        "transpile-es2015": "babel src -d lib"
    },
    "devDependencies": {
        "babel-cli": "^6.18.0",
        "babel-preset-latest": "^6.16.0"
    }
  }
  

• A file named ".babelrc" with the following instructions: {"presets": ["latest"]}

• Lastly, write test code in your src/index.js file. In your case: import co from 'co'.

Through your console:

• Install your packages: npm install
• Transpile your source directory to your output directory with the -d (aka --out-dir) flag as, already, specified in our package.json: npm run transpile-es2015
• Run your code from the output directory! node lib/index.js