Jest fails with “Unexpected token *” on import statement

Question

Why does Jest fail with \"Unexpected token *\" on a simple import statement...

Error log:

Admin@Admin-PC MINGW32 /d/project (master)
$ npm         


        

Answer 1

Somewhere in your config file (.babelrc.js or package.json) you have to have "modules" under "presets" set to one of the "amd" | "umd" | "systemjs" | "commonjs" | "cjs" | "auto" | false.

referer this fragment from the documentation

something like this:

    "presets": [
  [
    "@babel/preset-env", {
      "targets": process.env.BABEL_TARGET === 'node' ? {
        "node": 'current'
      } : {
        "browsers": [ "last 2 versions" ]
      },
      "loose": true,
      "modules": 'commonjs'
    }
  ]
]