Can I use es6 style module import in nodejs application

Question

I am using the latest nodejs version, but am still getting an error while using es6 module import.

I could also find on a blog that node doesn't yet support es6 import module. https://nodesource.com/blog/es-modules-and-node-js-hard-choices/ - no JavaScript runtime currently supports ES Modules. I am new to javascript and node, is anyone using es6 module import with nodejs, without transpiling the code to lower js versions.

Answer 1

You can if you are willing to use a tool like Babel.

npm i -D babel babel-cli babel-core babel-preset-es2015

Create a file .babelrc and put the following in it:

{
    "presets": ["es2015"]
}

And then in package.json in the scripts section do some thing like this:

"dev": "babel src -d dist && node dist/your_file.js"

This will transpile all of the code in a directory named src/ but it in a directory called dist/, and then run the file you specify.

It can then be used via the command as follows:

npm dev