Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'core-js/es6'

Question

I've got a problem with my build process in relation to my React app.

I always get the following error:

Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'core-js/es6'

if I use this in a polyfill.js:

import 'core-js/es6';

That is my package.json:

{
  "name": "test",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "index.js",
  "license": "MIT",
  "private": true,
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "^7.4.0",
    "@babel/preset-env": "^7.4.2",
    "@babel/preset-react": "^7.0.0",
    "@babel/runtime": "^7.4.2",
    "babel-loader": "^8.0.5",
    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.24.1",
    "copy-webpack-plugin": "^5.0.2",
    "css-hot-loader": "^1.4.4",
    "eslint": "5.15.3",
    "eslint-config-airbnb": "^17.1.0",
    "eslint-loader": "^2.1.2",
    "eslint-plugin-import": "2.16.0",
    "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "6.2.1",
    "eslint-plugin-react": "7.12.4",
    "file-loader": "^3.0.1",
    "node-sass": "^4.11.0",
    "prettier": "^1.16.4",
    "react-hot-loader": "4.8.0",
    "sass-loader": "^7.1.0",
    "webpack": "^4.29.6",
    "webpack-cli": "^3.3.0",
    "webpack-dev-server": "^3.2.1"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "axios": "^0.18.0",
    "core-js": "^3.0.0",
    "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
    "react": "^16.8.5",
    "react-dom": "^16.8.5",
    "react-redux": "^6.0.1",
    "react-string-replace": "^0.4.1",
    "redux": "^4.0.1",
    "slick-carousel": "^1.8.1"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "webpack-dev-server --hot",
    "build": "webpack --colors --profile --progress --env.mode production",
    "lint": "eslint ./src/ --ext .js,.jsx"
  }
}

Can someone help here?

Answer 1

Ended up to have a file named polyfill.js in projectpath\src\polyfill.js That file only contains this line: import 'core-js'; this polyfills not only es-6, but is the correct way to use core-js since version 3.0.0.

I added the polyfill.js to my webpack-file entry attribute like this:

entry: ['./src/main.scss', './src/polyfill.js', './src/main.jsx']

Works perfectly.

I also found some more information here : https://github.com/zloirock/core-js/issues/184

The library author (zloirock) claims:

ES6 changes behaviour almost all features added in ES5, so core-js/es6 entry point includes almost all of them. Also, as you wrote, it's required for fixing broken browser implementations.

(Quotation https://github.com/zloirock/core-js/issues/184 from zloirock)

So I think import 'core-js'; is just fine.