jest: Test suite failed to run, SyntaxError: Unexpected token import

Question

This is my jest configuration from the package.json file:

\"jest\": {
    \"automock\": false,
    \"browser\": true,
    \"moduleNameMapper\": {
      \"\\\         


        

Answer 1

Jest doesn't handle imports so it needs a transform plugin, and this is why I had to add the plugin:

babel-plugin-dynamic-import-node

and update my babel settings to tell jest to use this plugin to transform the code properly:

"env": {
    "test": {
      "plugins" : ["dynamic-import-node"]
    }
  }

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