Can I use ES6 modules in Node.js 8?

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Emil picture Emil · Jul 28, 2017 · Viewed 15.7k times · Source

Can I use ES6 module syntax with Node.js starting from version 8? Similar questions have already been asked on this site, but answers there are obsolete. I wonder if the situation has changed with new version of Node.js?

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AnilRedshift picture AnilRedshift · Jul 28, 2017

https://medium.com/the-node-js-collection/an-update-on-es6-modules-in-node-js-42c958b890c

It is in progress but the ETA is 2018 at the earliest.

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