Babel file is copied without being transformed

Question

I have this code:

\"use strict\";

import browserSync from \"browser-sync\";
import httpProxy from \"http-proxy\";

let proxy = httpProxy.createProxyServer({         


        

Answer 1

Ultimate solution

I wasted 3 days on this

import react from 'react' unexpected identifier

I tried modifying webpack.config.js and package.json files, and adding .babelrc, installing & updating packages via npm, I've visited many, many pages but nothing has worked.

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What worked? Two words: npm start. That's right.

run the

npm start 

command in the terminal to launch a local server

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(mind that it might not work straight away but perhaps only after you do some work on npm because before trying this out I had deleted all the changes in those files and it worked, so after you're really done, treat it as your last resort)

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I found that info on this neat page. It's in Polish but feel free to use Google translate on it.