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JavaScript

Chris Olin
Chris Olin
14,435 Points
Posted by Chris Olin
Chris Olin
14,435 Points

Uncaught SyntaxError in Babel when trying to run React app locally

Downloaded the workspaces code so I could try loading/working on this as a project in WebStorm. Ended up getting a bunch of errors trying to bring the code in as-is. Created a new React app and when I go to start it with npm start, this happens when I try loading the page:

Uncaught SyntaxError: http://localhost:3000/src/app.js: Unexpected token (1:1)
> 1 | <!DOCTYPE html>
    |  ^
  2 | <html>
  3 |   <head>
  4 |     <meta charset="utf-8">
    at t.J.raise (babel.min.js:7)
    at t.X.unexpected (babel.min.js:5)
    at t.ge.jsxParseIdentifier (babel.min.js:8)
    at t.ge.jsxParseNamespacedName (babel.min.js:8)
    at t.ge.jsxParseElementName (babel.min.js:8)
    at t.ge.jsxParseOpeningElementAt (babel.min.js:8)
    at t.ge.jsxParseElementAt (babel.min.js:8)
    at t.ge.jsxParseElement (babel.min.js:8)
    at t.parseExprAtom (babel.min.js:8)
    at te.parseExprSubscripts (babel.min.js:6)
    at te.parseMaybeUnary (babel.min.js:6)
    at te.parseExprOps (babel.min.js:6)
    at te.parseMaybeConditional (babel.min.js:6)
    at te.parseMaybeAssign (babel.min.js:6)
    at t.parseMaybeAssign (babel.min.js:8)
    at te.parseExpression (babel.min.js:6)
    at t.z.parseStatement (babel.min.js:5)
    at t.parseStatement (babel.min.js:8)
    at t.z.parseBlockBody (babel.min.js:6)
    at t.z.parseTopLevel (babel.min.js:5)
    at t.parse (babel.min.js:5)
    at h (babel.min.js:4)
    at n.parse (babel.min.js:2)
    at n.parseCode (babel.min.js:2)
    at babel.min.js:14
    at n.wrap (babel.min.js:2)
    at e.transform (babel.min.js:14)
    at s (babel.min.js:1)
    at r (babel.min.js:24)
    at i (babel.min.js:24)
    at r (babel.min.js:24)
    at e.src.n.<computed>.l.content (babel.min.js:24)
    at XMLHttpRequest.n.onreadystatechange (babel.min.js:24)

I've googled the hell out of this and nothing makes sense. The <script type="text/babel"> is set, so why this is being thrown is beyond me.

3 Answers

Adi Chayot
Adi Chayot
3,618 Points
Adi Chayot
Adi Chayot
3,618 Points

I have the same error.. Did you find out how to fix that?

Christopher Johnson
Christopher Johnson
12,595 Points

Hey guys, just curious, did anyone ever solve this? I am having the same problem!

Christopher Johnson
Christopher Johnson
12,595 Points
Christopher Johnson
Christopher Johnson
12,595 Points

Hey guys, just curious, did anyone ever solve this? I am having the same problem!

Christopher Johnson
Christopher Johnson
12,595 Points
Christopher Johnson
Christopher Johnson
12,595 Points

I think it was me... I started using Create React App too soon. I think that for this course, that would have been the best place to start.