Cannot import ES6 modules on windows

The same code was running on Windows and OSX. But it randomly stopped working on Windows 10

error is:

import { app, BrowserWindow } from 'electron';
^^^ 
SyntaxError: Unexpected token import

screenshot of the error is:

I do not have a testcase as such. it randomly stopped working but the sample app is at https://github.com/deepak/electron-webview-todo/

i am using Powershell ISC on Windows 10 for running npm start

Console output when you run electron-forge with the environment variable DEBUG=electron-forge:*.

PS C:\Users\Deepak\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\electron-webview-todo> npm start

> electron-webview-todo@0.0.1 start C:\Users\Deepak\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\electron-webview-todo
> cross-env DEBUG=electron-forge:* electron-forge start --enable-logging

npm : WARNING: DEBUG environment variable detected.  Progress indicators will be sent over electron-forge:lifecycle
At line:1 char:1
+ npm start
+ ~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (WARNING: DEBUG ...forge:lifecycle:String) [], RemoteException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError
 
Fri, 20 Jan 2017 10:39:29 GMT electron-forge:lifecycle Process Started: Checking your system
Fri, 20 Jan 2017 10:39:29 GMT electron-forge:lifecycle Process Succeeded: Checking your system
Fri, 20 Jan 2017 10:39:29 GMT electron-forge:runtime-config setting key: verbose to value: false
WARNING: DEBUG environment variable detected.  Progress indicators will be sent over electron-forge:lifecycle
Fri, 20 Jan 2017 10:39:31 GMT electron-forge:lifecycle Process Started: Locating Application
Fri, 20 Jan 2017 10:39:31 GMT electron-forge:project-resolver searching for project in: 
C:\Users\Deepak\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\electron-webview-todo
Fri, 20 Jan 2017 10:39:31 GMT electron-forge:project-resolver electron-forge compatible package.json found in 
C:\Users\Deepak\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\electron-webview-todo\package.json
Fri, 20 Jan 2017 10:39:31 GMT electron-forge:lifecycle Process Succeeded: Locating Application
Fri, 20 Jan 2017 10:39:31 GMT electron-forge:lifecycle Process Started: Preparing native dependencies
Fri, 20 Jan 2017 10:39:31 GMT electron-forge:lifecycle Process Succeeded: Preparing native dependencies
Fri, 20 Jan 2017 10:39:31 GMT electron-forge:lifecycle Process Started: Launching Application
Fri, 20 Jan 2017 10:39:31 GMT electron-forge:lifecycle Process Succeeded: Launching Application

App threw an error during load
C:\Users\Deepak\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\electron-webview-todo\src\main-process\main.js:5
import { app, BrowserWindow } from 'electron';
^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token import
    at Object.exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:76:16)
    at Module._compile (module.js:528:28)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:565:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:473:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:432:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:424:3)
    at loadApplicationPackage (C:\Users\Deepak\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\electron-webview-todo\node_module
s\electron\dist\resources\default_app.asar\main.js:280:12)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Deepak\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\electron-webview-todo\node_modules\el
ectron\dist\resources\default_app.asar\main.js:322:5)
    at Module._compile (module.js:556:32)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:565:10)

What command line arguments are you passing?

command to start Elecron is:

cross-env DEBUG=* electron-forge start --enable-logging

What does your config.forge data in package.json look like?

{
    "forge": {
      "make_targets": {
        "win32": [
          "squirrel"
        ],
        "darwin": [
          "zip"
        ],
        "linux": [
          "deb",
          "rpm"
        ]
      },
      "electronPackagerConfig": {},
      "electronWinstallerConfig": {
        "name": "electron-webview-todo"
      },
      "electronInstallerDebian": {},
      "electronInstallerRedhat": {},
      "github_repository": {
        "owner": "",
        "name": ""
      }
    }
  }

[malept]

Yeah, don’t install electron directly onto the project. electron is a dependency of electron-prebuilt-compile (which is installed by default), but it does not install electron into the top-level node_modules (because of installation conflicts). What you’re seeing with the red squiggle sounds like a VSCode bug.

[deepak]

@MarshallOfSound it worked after

1. reinstalling node
2. installing electron-forge in global
3. npm installing dependencies