ES6 Setup with nodemon

ES6-Setup.md

ES6 Setup

npm init -y
npm i --save-dev nodemon
npm add babel-preset-env babel-cli

Create a .babelrc config in your project root. Insert the following

{
  "presets": ["env"]
}

In package.json add this to scipts:

"dev": "nodemon --exec babel-node index.js"

To run: npm run dev

package.json

{
  "name": "test-api",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "start": "npm run prod",
    "server": "nodemon --exec babel-node ./src/bin/www",
    "server:prod": "node ./dist/bin/www",
    "dev": "NODE_ENV=development npm-run-all server",
    "clean": "rimraf dist",
    "build": "babel ./src --out-dir dist",
    "prod": "NODE_ENV=production npm-run-all clean build server:prod"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "cookie-parser": "^1.4.4",
    "debug": "^2.6.9",
    "express": "^4.16.4",
    "morgan": "^1.9.1",
    "nodemon": "^1.18.10",
    "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
    "rimraf": "^2.6.3"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/cli": "^7.4.3",
    "@babel/core": "^7.4.3",
    "@babel/node": "^7.2.2",
    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.4.3"
  }
}