Parcel and react 18 project set up error. @parcel/transformer-js: Unexpected token `)`. Expected this, import, async, function

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@parcel/transformer-js: Unexpected token ). Expected this, import, async, function, [ for array literal, { for object literal, @ for decorator, function, class, null, true, false, number, bigint, string, regexp, ` for template literal, (, or an identifier

/home/sizzions/Desktop/Projects/web app/WenApp/src/index.js:5:19

4 | const root = createRoot(container); // createRoot(container!) if you use TypeScript

5 | root.render(/); | ^

`import { createRoot } from 'react-dom/client';
 import App from './App';
   const container = document.getElementById('app');

   const root = createRoot(container); // createRoot(container!) if you use TypeScript
 root.render(<App/>);`

Answer 1

FWIW, I ran into this for a few minutes until I realized react wasn't no longer in my package.json file. After adding react 18 back in I was good to move on to my next error. :)