Setting up environment presets

.babelrc

{
  "presets": [
    "env"
  ]
}

index.js

import { GraphQLServer } from 'graphql-yoga'

//Type definations  (Application Schema)
//Describes the operations and the data structures.

const typeDefs = `
    type Query {
        hello: String!
    }
`

//Resolvers object for our API
// These are the functions that acutally run when various oprations are performed.

const resolvers = {
    Query: {
        hello() {
            return "Hello World!"
        }
    }
}

const server = new GraphQLServer({
    typeDefs,
    resolvers
})

server.start(()=>{
    console.log('The Sever is up!')
})

package.json

{
  "name": "graphql-local-server",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "babel-node src/index.js",
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "babel-cli": "^6.26.0",
    "babel-preset-env": "^1.7.0"
  }
}