Jest Is Not Transpiling ES6 Modules In Test (SyntaxError: Unexpected token export) - jestjs

Question

I'm at a boiling point with getting Jest to understand ES6 modules import/export syntax and it is hindering my project development progress. My project structure is the following:
root module
org-domain (ES6)
org-services (ES6)
react-ui-module (React via CRA2)
org-services has a local path dependency on org-domain in its package json:
// in org-services package.json
"dependencies": {
"#org/domain": "file:../org-domain",
},
My .babelrc in org-services is the following:
{
"env": {
"test": {
"presets": ["#babel/preset-flow", "#babel/preset-env"]
"plugins": ["#babel/plugin-transform-modules-commonjs"]
}
},
"presets": [
"#babel/preset-flow",
["#babel/preset-env", {
"targets": {
"esmodules": true
}
}]
],
"plugins": [
["module-resolver", {
"root": ["./node_modules/#org/domain"],
"alias": {
"#org/constants": "./node_modules/#org/domain/src/constants",
"#org/contracts": "./node_modules/#org/domain/src/request-contracts"
}
}]
]
}
I do not know if the problem is due to how I am including my dependencies so I'm going to add the finer details of anything related to my import/export of these modules for the sake of clarity.
In the implementation files of org-services I am importing org-domain using npm scoped syntax like so: import ... from '#org/domain
Here are some observations I have:
In local development, when I try to reference click #org/domain, instead of being directed to org-services/node_modules/#org/domain I get redirected to the actual relative directory location which is root/org-services. I believe Jest ignores node_modules (correct me if I am wrong) but in my jest.config.js for org-services, I have:
collectCoverage: true,
coverageDirectory: 'coverage',
coveragePathIgnorePatterns: [
'/node_modules/'
],
moduleDirectories: [
'src',
'node_modules'
],
moduleFileExtensions: [
'js'
],
transform: {
'^.+\\.js$': 'babel-jest'
},
transformIgnorePatterns: [
'node_modules/(?!#org/domain)$'
]
To my understanding, everything should just work right now with all the configuration I have with respect to setting the plugin #babel/plugin-transform-modules-commonjs in test (within .babelrc) and including the '^.+\\.js$': 'babel-jest' instruction under the transform key in jest.config.js located under org-services -- but it does not.
I have tried every single thing I could find online with respect to this issue with no success. I have not gotten anywhere since and my patience is lost with this testing framework and the lack of support for ES6. It should not be this hard, so clearly I am doing something wrong here. Please advise.
Update 1
Found another SO post that is a mirror of this situation I am in.
Jest fails to transpile import from npm linked module
Unfortunately, the provided solution does not work for my case.

Answer 1

After upgrading from #babel/xyz: 7.0.0 to 7.1.2 I started getting an error regarding "import"
Jest encountered an unexpected token
<snip>
Details:
C:\....\SstcStrategy.test.js:2
import sequelizeFixtures from 'sequelize-fixtures';
^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token import
at ScriptTransformer._transformAndBuildScript (node_modules/jest-runtime/build/script_transformer.js:403:17)
To fix this I had to add #babel/plugin-transform-modules-commonjs as you mention in your question.
My babel.config.js now looks like this:
module.exports = {
presets: [
[
'#babel/preset-env',
{
targets: {
node: '8.10',
},
debug: false,
},
],
],
ignore: ['node_modules'],
plugins: [
'#babel/plugin-transform-runtime',
'#babel/plugin-transform-modules-commonjs',
// Stage 2
['#babel/plugin-proposal-decorators', { legacy: true }],
'#babel/plugin-proposal-function-sent',
'#babel/plugin-proposal-export-namespace-from',
'#babel/plugin-proposal-numeric-separator',
'#babel/plugin-proposal-throw-expressions',
// Stage 3
'#babel/plugin-syntax-dynamic-import',
'#babel/plugin-syntax-import-meta',
['#babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties', { loose: false }],
'#babel/plugin-proposal-json-strings',
],
};
Also BTW you don't need to define babel-jest transform in jest.config.js as this is the default setting.
Hope this helps