title: ES6 modules syntax support on IBM bluemix
body: <p>I have an app that uses ES6 import statements. I try to deploy it on ibm cloudfoundry. The logs shows that it starts with node 6.8.0. The app complains :</p>
  
  <pre><code> Unexpected token import
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I started the app on my windows 10 desktop, with node 6.8.0 and it runs flawlessly. I ran :</p>
  
  <pre><code>console.log(process.versions);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here is the output :</p>
  
  <pre><code>{ http_parser: '2.7.0',
    node: '6.8.0',
    v8: '5.1.281.84',
    uv: '1.9.1',
    zlib: '1.2.8',
    ares: '1.10.1-DEV',
    icu: '57.1',
    modules: '48',
    openssl: '1.0.2j' }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Output is same on my machine where app works and on the bluemix server where it doesn't. Here my Package.json:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    {
    "name": "bluemixtest",
    "version": "0.0.0",
    "main": "server/app.js",
    "dependencies": {
    },
    "devDependencies": {
    },
    "engines": {
      "node": "6.8.0"
    },
    "scripts": {
      "start": "node --harmony_modules server/app.js"
    },
    "private": true
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>server/app.js:</p>
  
  <pre><code>'use strict';
  import express from 'express';
  import mongoose from 'mongoose';
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Startup error in logs :</p>
  
  <pre><code>/home/vcap/app/server/app.js:7
  import express from 'express';
  ^^^^^^
  SyntaxError: Unexpected token import
      at Object.exports.runInThisContext (vm.js:76:16)
      at Module._compile (module.js:542:28)
      at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
      at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
      at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
      at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
      at Module.runMain (module.js:604:10)
      at run (bootstrap_node.js:394:7)
      at startup (bootstrap_node.js:149:9)
      at bootstrap_node.js:509:3
  npm ERR! Linux 3.19.0-33-generic
  npm ERR! argv "/home/vcap/app/vendor/node/bin/node" "/home/vcap/app/vendor/node/bin/npm" "start"
  npm ERR! node v6.8.0
  npm ERR! npm  v3.10.8
  npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
  npm ERR! bluemixtest@0.0.0 start: `node --harmony server/app.js`
  npm ERR! Exit status 1
  npm ERR! 
  npm ERR! Failed at the bluemixtest@0.0.0 start script 'node --harmony server/app.js'.
  npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
  npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the bluemixtest package,
  npm ERR! not with npm itself.
  </code></pre>