Unexpected reserved word 'import' when using babel

Question

Using Babel in my NodeJSv4.1.1 code.

Got the require hook in:

require(\"babel-core/register\");

$appRoot = __dirname;

module.exports = require(\".         


        

Answer 1

I was hitting the problem when trying to run tests via mocha, and I solved it by putting this in my package.json file:

"babel": {
    "presets": [
      "es2015"
    ]
},

I'm not completely clear on how this works. I'm running tests like this:

mocha --compilers js:babel-core/register --require ./test/test_helper.js --recursive

Eventually, this will all make sense I suppose.