ReactJS Error: Module Build failed: SyntaxError: Unexpected token '<'

Question

My ReactJS code throws an error when I try to compile it. I used ReactJS before but I never ran into this error (see below)

ERROR in ./kapiche/@kapiche_react/teacher/login.jsx
Module build failed (from ./node_modules/babel-loader/lib/index.js):
SyntaxError: /mnt/d/src/kapiche/@kapiche_react/teacher/login.jsx: Unexpected token (59.6)

  57 |   render() {
  58 |     return (
> 59 |       <div>
     |       ^
  60 |         Hello world
  61 |       </div>
  62 |     );

        at Parser.raise (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:6420:17)
        at Parser.unexpected (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:7773:16)
        at Parser.parseExprAtom (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:8996:20)
        at Parser.parseExprSubscripts (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:8556:23)
        at Parser.parseMaybeUnary (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:8536:21)
        at Parser.parseExprOps (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:8402:23)
        at Parser.parseMaybeConditional (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:8375:23)
        at Parser.parseMaybeAssign (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:8325:21)
        at Parser.parseParenAndDistinguishExpression (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:9133:28)
        at Parser.parseExprAtom (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:8917:21)
        at Parser.parseExprSubscripts (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:8556:23)
        at Parser.parseMaybeUnary (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:8536:21)
        at Parser.parseExprOps (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:8402:23)
        at Parser.parseMaybeConditional (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:8375:23)
        at Parser.parseMaybeAssign (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:8325:21)
        at Parser.parseExpression (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:8275:23)
        at Parser.parseReturnStatement (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:10378:28)
        at Parser.parseStatementContent (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:10057:21)
        at Parser.parseStatement (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:10009:17)
        at Parser.parseBlockOrModuleBlockBody (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:10585:25)
        at Parser.parseBlockBody (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:10572:10)
        at Parser.parseBlock (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:10556:10)
        at Parser.parseFunctionBody (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:9584:24)
        at Parser.parseFunctionBodyAndFinish (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:9554:10)
        at Parser.parseMethod (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:9508:10)
        at Parser.pushClassMethod (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:10987:30)
        at Parser.parseClassMemberWithIsStatic (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:10912:12)
        at Parser.parseClassMember (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:10851:10)
        at /mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:10806:14
        at Parser.withTopicForbiddingContext (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:9884:14)
        at Parser.parseClassBody (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:10783:10)
        at Parser.parseClass (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:10757:22)
        at Parser.parseStatementContent (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:10051:21)
        at Parser.parseStatement (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:10009:17)
        at Parser.parseBlockOrModuleBlockBody (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:10585:25)
        at Parser.parseBlockBody (/mnt/d/src/kapiche/node_modules/@babel/parser/lib/index.js:10572:10)

This is my webpack.config.js where I define my entry and output points.

// create proper string representing path to file
const path = require('path');

// files to export
let export_list = [];

// helpful log message for debugging
console.log('webpack watch starting for the files:\n');

// general files
const export_dict = {
  'student': ['login'],
  'teacher': ['login']
};

// loop through all directories and files in export dictionary
for (let [key, value] of Object.entries(export_dict)) {
  for (let i = 0; i < export_dict[key].length; i++) {
    // helpful log message for debugging
    console.log(`entry:\t/kapiche/@kapiche_react/${key}/${value[i]}.jsx`);
    console.log(`output:\t/kapiche/static/js/${key}/${value[i]}_compiled.js\n`);
    // add object to export list
    export_list.push(
      {
        entry: `./kapiche/@kapiche_react/${key}/${value[i]}.jsx`,
        output: {
          path: path.join(__dirname, `/kapiche/static/js/${key}/`),
          filename:  `${value[i]}_compiled.js`,
        },
        module: {
          rules: [
            {
              test: /\.(js|jsx)$/,
              exclude: /node_modules/,
              use: ['babel-loader']
            }
          ]
        },
        resolve: {
          extensions: ['*', '.js', '.jsx']
        },
      }
    )
  }
}

console.log(export_list);

// list of exports
module.exports = export_list;

Here is the ReactJS file I am trying to compile (in jsx)

import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';

class LoginTeacher extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = { };
  }

  componentDidMount() {

  }

  render() {
    return (
      <div>
        Hello world
      </div>
    );
  }
}

ReactDOM.render(
  <LoginTeacher/>,
  document.getElementById('login'),
);

And finally, here is my package.json

{
  "name": "kapiche",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "Promoting classroom communication",
  "main": "webpack.config.js",
  "scripts": {
    "watch": "webpack --watch --mode production",
    "start": "webpack-dev-server --open --hot --mode development",
    "build": "webpack --mode production"
  },
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "git+https://github.com/jbseg/BlueSlide.git"
  },
  "author": "Joshua S, Riley C, Hannah Z, Xiangliang N",
  "license": "MIT",
  "bugs": {
    "url": "https://github.com/jbseg/BlueSlide/issues"
  },
  "homepage": "https://github.com/jbseg/BlueSlide#readme",
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "^7.6.4",
    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.6.3",
    "@babel/preset-react": "^7.6.3",
    "babel-loader": "^8.0.6",
    "css-loader": "^3.2.0",
    "html-loader": "^0.5.5",
    "html-webpack-plugin": "^3.2.0",
    "sass": "^1.23.3",
    "style-loader": "^1.0.0",
    "webpack": "^4.41.2",
    "webpack-cli": "^3.3.10",
    "webpack-dev-server": "^3.9.0"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@material-ui/core": "^4.5.2",
    "@material-ui/icons": "^4.5.1",
    "chart.js": "^2.9.2",
    "react": "^16.11.0",
    "react-chartjs-2": "^2.8.0",
    "react-dom": "^16.11.0",
    "react-tabs": "^3.0.0",
    "socket.io": "^2.3.0"
  }
}

Any ideas what might be causing this error?

EDIT: Here is my .babelrc as well

{
    "presets": ["@babel/preset-env", "@babel/preset-react"]
}

Do you have babel-preset-react - babeljs.io/docs/en/babel-preset-react configured somewhere? You do not have it in your webpack config neither in your package.json. Do you have it in .babelrc? — lavor
– lavor, Commented Nov 5, 2019 at 7:32
Yep, it is in my .babelrc, but maybe I am doing that wrong somehow... I just added it to my question tho. — Riley Conrardy
– Riley Conrardy, Commented Nov 5, 2019 at 16:01
Well, it was the .babelrc, but not the actual content. I misspelled the name as .bablerc. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction! — Riley Conrardy
– Riley Conrardy, Commented Nov 5, 2019 at 16:13

Riley Conrardy · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-05 16:11:32Z

1

After a few hours of trying to figure this one out, I finally managed to catch the bug. It was a typo... yep, a programmer's worst enemy. I misspelled my .babelrc as .bablerc and that was the root of my issue. Thank you everyone for the feedback, I am going to go be embarrassed now...

answered Nov 5, 2019 at 16:11

Riley Conrardy

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Aritra Ghosh Over a year ago

May be switch to babel config json with the newest babel. have a look whenever you feel to

lavor Over a year ago

There is just a new recommended file format for babel config - babel.config.js babeljs.io/docs/en/configuration#babelconfigjs . But .babelrc still works.

Riley Conrardy Over a year ago

Thanks, I will check this out!

OmarAlNajjarX · Accepted Answer · 2021-10-10 14:35:52Z

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Make sure you have imported the right thing ! the vs code has imported

import { Button , Modal } from "bootstrap";

You should import

import { Button , Modal } from "react-bootstrap";

answered Oct 10, 2021 at 14:35

OmarAlNajjarX

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