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Getting Started with ES6 JavaScript for Node.js Development Using Express

Olushola O. on December 31, 2021

Have you ever been hooked on ES6 JavaScript for frontend development and wished you could use it for backend Node.js projects too? This article wil...

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Askar • Oct 30 '22

Good and easy to follow content. I think it would be useful to just include for users, how to make a post route. Odds are some people would be confused about that.

Olushola O. • Nov 1 '22

Thanks for the feedback, I will work on that, great idea.

Diya Choudhury • Feb 3 '23

we can just add "type": "module" in the package.json and it will work, or am i wrong?

Olushola O. • Feb 6 '23 • Edited

Hi Diya, you won't enjoy the full benefits of ES6 if you use "type":"module" in your package.json file, that is why Babel was used in this tutorial :)