Module imports

ES6 also defines a module import and export interface. With the older CommonJS approach, modules are exported using the modules.export construct, and modules are imported with the require(filename) function. The ES6 approach looks a little different. In one file, define and export a class, as shown in the following code:

Class Automobile {
…
}
export default Automobile

And in another file, import the class, as shown in the following code:

import Automobile from ‘./classes/automobile.js’;
const myCar = new Automobile();

At present, Babel compiles ES6 modules to the same format as CommonJS modules, so you can use either the ES6 modules syntax or the CommonJS modules syntax if you’re using Babel.