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JavaScript Building Applications with React and Redux Getting Started with Redux Redux Initial Setup - index.js

Posted by Jonathan Ankiewicz
Jonathan Ankiewicz
17,901 Points

Not recognizing the components

I downloaded the code and tried to implement it. keep getting syntax error and I have no idea how to fix it. I didn't touch the code but I tried a varition of fixes but it doesn't make sense.

```ERROR in ./index.js Module build failed: SyntaxError: Unexpected token (6:2)

4 | 5 | render(

6 | <Scoreboard />, | ^ 7 | document.getElementById('root') 8 | );

@ multi main webpack: bundle is now VALID.```

1 Answer

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

Is there a .babelrc file in the project directory? It should have this content:

{
  "presets": ["react", "es2015", "stage-0"]
}
Jonathan Ankiewicz
Jonathan Ankiewicz
17,901 Points

Nope, no babel file

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

If you copy/move the files instead of the whole project folder it doesn't come along because dot files are normally hidden. Adding that file back should fix the issue.

Jonathan Ankiewicz
Jonathan Ankiewicz
17,901 Points

Didn't even think of it... That' what I get for working at 1 am in the morning. Thanks .