title: Node error: SyntaxError: Unexpected token import
body: <p>I don't understand what is wrong. I checked other forum talking about transpilation and babel. What do I have to do?</p>
  
  <pre><code>node -v
  v5.5.0
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>my code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>import recast from 'recastai'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and the error</p>
  
  <pre><code>(function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { import recast from 'module1'
                                                                ^^^^^^
  
  SyntaxError: Unexpected token import
      at exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:53:16)
      at Module._compile (module.js:387:25)
      at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:422:10)
      at Module.load (module.js:357:32)
      at Function.Module._load (module.js:314:12)
      at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:447:10)
      at startup (node.js:139:18)
      at node.js:999:3
  </code></pre>