'import' and 'export' may only appear at the top level

Question

I\'m using webpack with vuejs. Webpack does its thing, but when I look at the outputted app.js file, it gives me this error.

\'import\' and \'export\

Answer 1

Make sure you have a .babelrc file that declares what Babel is supposed to be transpiling. I spent like 30 minutes trying to figure this exact error. After I copied a bunch of files over to a new folder and found out I didn't copy the .babelrc file because it was hidden.

{
  "presets": "es2015"
}

or something along those lines is what you are looking for inside your .babelrc file