Now using babel-node in build

Author: Tyson Brown

.babelrc

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "presets": [
+    "latest"
+  ]
+}

buildScripts/srcServer.js

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-var express = require('express');
-var path = require('path');
-var open = require('open');
+import express from 'express';
+import path from 'path';
+import open from 'open';
 
-var port =4000;
-var app = express();
+const port =4000;
+const app = express();
 
-app.get('/', function(req, res) {
-  res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, '../src/index.html'));
-});
+app.get('/', (req, res) =>
+  res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, '../src/index.html'))
+);
 
-app.listen(port, function(err) {
+app.listen(port, (err) => {
   if (err) {
     console.log(err);
   } else {

buildScripts/startMessage.js

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-var chalk = require('chalk');
+import chalk from 'chalk';
 
 console.log(chalk.green('Starting app in dev mode..'));

package.json

@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "Work out how to do mordern javascript development",
   "scripts": {
-    "prestart" : " node buildScripts/startMessage.js",
+    "prestart" : "babel-node buildScripts/startMessage.js",
     "start" : "npm-run-all --parallel security-check open:src",
-    "open:src" : "node buildScripts/srcServer.js",
+    "open:src" : "babel-node buildScripts/srcServer.js",
     "security-check": "nsp check",
     "localtunnel": "lt --port 4000",
     "share": "npm-run-all --parallel open:src localtunnel"
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
     "whatwg-fetch": "1.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "babel-cli": "6.16.0",
-    "babel-core": "6.17.0",
-    "babel-loader": "6.2.5",
+    "babel-cli": "6.18.0",
+    "babel-core": "6.21.0",
+    "babel-loader": "6.2.10",
     "babel-preset-latest": "6.16.0",
-    "babel-register": "6.16.3",
+    "babel-register": "6.18.0",
     "chai": "3.5.0",
     "chalk": "1.1.3",
     "cheerio": "0.22.0",