Support for ES6 modules syntax on IBM bluemix

Question

I'm trying to deploy an app that uses ES6 statements on ibm cloudfoundary. the logs are showing that it starts with node 6.8.0, this is the prompt that comes up:

 Unexpected token import

I tried running it on my windows 10 desktop it runs without any hitch:

console.log(process.versions);

This is the output:

{ 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' }

The output is same on my system and bluemix server. but it is not working on bluemix. Here's the package.json:

    {
  "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
}

server/app.js:

'use strict';
import express from 'express';
import mongoose from 'mongoose';

Startup error in logs :

/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.

Answer 1

There is no native support for es6 standards yet. "Import" ES6 for Node