How to fix babel react “Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token <”

Question

I am having problem with react setup via CDN.

Her is my html:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Title</title>

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/main.css">

    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/0.14.0/react.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/0.14.0/react-dom.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/babel-standalone/6.7.7/babel.min.js"></script>
    <script src="js/app.js"></script>

</head>
<body>
    <div id="container">
    </div>
</body>
</html>

and here my app.js:

var myItems = {
    items:
        ["Widget","Gear","Sprocket","Spring","Crank","Lever","Hose","Tube",
            "Wheel","Housing","Case"]
}

var FilteredList = React.createClass({

    filterList: function (event) {
        var updatedList = this.props.initialItems.items;

        updatedList = updatedList.filter(function (item) {
            return item.toLowerCase().search(event.target.value.toLowerCase()) !== 1;
        });

        this.setState({items: updatedList});
    },

    getInitialState: function(){
        return {
            items: []
        }
    },

    componentWillMount: function(){
        this.setState({items: this.props.initialItems.items})
    },

    render: function(){
        return (
            <div className="myList">
                <input type="text" placeholder="Search" onChange={this.filterList} />

                <List items={this.state.items}/>

            </div>
        );
    }
});

var List = React.createClass({
    render: function(){
        return (
            <ul>
                {
                    this.props.items.map(function (item) {
                        return <li key={item}>{item}</li>;
                    })
                }
            </ul>
        );
    }
});

ReactDOM.render(<FilteredList initialItems={myItems} />,
    document.getElementById('container'));

When run it I get the following error:

app.js:31 Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token <

Any idea how to fix it?

Answer 1

Even though you have added babel-standalone to your page, you still need to tell it to transpile your app.js file.

You do it by adding type="text/babel" to your script tag:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Title</title>

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/main.css">

    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/0.14.0/react.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/0.14.0/react-dom.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/babel-standalone/6.7.7/babel.min.js">    </script>
    <script type="text/babel" src="js/app.js"></script>

</head>
<body>
    <div id="container">
    </div>
</body>
</html>

Just for reference you can also transpile your code inline with:

Babel.transform(input, { presets: ['es2015'] }).code;

How to fix babel react “Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token <”

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How to fix babel react “Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token <”

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solution1 13 ACCPTED 2016-06-19 08:18:44

solution1
13 ACCPTED 2016-06-19 08:18:44