ESLint Parsing error: Unexpected token

Question

With this code:

import React from 'react';
import { Link } from 'react-router';
import { View, NavBar } from 'amazeui-touch';

import * as Pages from '../components';

const {  Home, ...Components } = Pages;

I get this eslint error:

7:16  error  Parsing error: Unexpected token .. Why?

Here is my eslint config:

{
  "extends": "airbnb",
  "rules": {
    /* JSX */
    "react/prop-types": [1, {
      "ignore": ["className", "children", "location", "params", "location*"]
    }],
    "no-param-reassign": [0, {
      "props": false
    }],
    "prefer-rest-params": 1,
    "arrow-body-style": 0,
    "prefer-template": 0,
    "react/prefer-stateless-function": 1,
    "react/jsx-no-bind": [0, {
      "ignoreRefs": false,
      "allowArrowFunctions": false,
      "allowBind": true
    }],
  }
}

.... .... What's the problem?

Answer 1

Unexpected token errors in ESLint parsing occur due to incompatibility between your development environment and ESLint's current parsing capabilities with the ongoing changes with JavaScripts ES6~7.

Adding the "parserOptions" property to your .eslintrc is no longer enough for particular situations, such as using

static contextTypes = { ... } /* react */

in ES6 classes as ESLint is currently unable to parse it on its own. This particular situation will throw an error of:

error Parsing error: Unexpected token =

The solution is to have ESLint parsed by a compatible parser. babel-eslint is a package that saved me recently after reading this page and i decided to add this as an alternative solution for anyone coming later.

just add:

"parser": "babel-eslint"

to your .eslintrc file and run npm install babel-eslint --save-dev or yarn add -D babel-eslint.

Please note that as the new Context API starting from React ^16.3 has some important changes, please refer to the official guide.