create-react-app error import type * as PrettyFormat from './types' in pretty-format

Question

it\'s a fresh install of cra with typescript template running on node 13.11.0 it gives me error when try to run npm start

TypeScript error in D:/Projects/persona         


        

Answer 1

Actually this "import type" is a new syntax introduced in Typescript 3.8 https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/release-notes/typescript-3-8.html#type-only-imports-exports

The solution is actually very simple (if it's an option for you), just upgrade your typescript to 3.8+