Conclusion

ES6 or ECMAScript 6 is designed for JavaScript language standardization. Using import statements in Node.js would earlier give an error, but after enabling ES6, we can easily use import statements in Node.js.

This tutorial, explains how to use ES6 import in Node.js. We have explained 2 ways to use import in Node.js with examples. Now easily import and export modules between files.

ES6 or ECMAScript 2015 is the 6th edition of the ECMAScript language specification standard. It defines the standard on how to implement JavaScript.

ES6 introduced a standardized syntax for importing and exporting modules in JavaScript which we will cover in this guide.

The import statement is used to import modules exported by some other module. A module is a file that contains a piece of reusable code. The import modules are in strict mode whether it is declared or not.

ES6 import Syntax

import name from 'module-name';