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2747265 - Unable to build a project in SAP Web IDE using ES6: "Failed to compress <controller> This might be due to a syntax error in the file."

Symptom

When using ES6 code in SAP Web IDE for SAP Cloud Platform, the build fails with this error message in the console:

Failed to compress dist/tmp/controller/App.controller.js. This might be due to a syntax error in the file.


This might be due to a syntax error in the file.""> Read more...

Environment

  • SAP Web IDE, Full-Stack edition

Product

SAP Cloud Platform Web IDE 2.0

Keywords

dist/tmp/controller, unexpected token, Use --force to continue, grunt-sapui5-bestpractice-build, web ide, unable to build, failed to compress, syntax error, es6, dist/tmp/controller/app.controller.js , KBA , CA-WDE-BLD-GRUNT , SAP Web IDE Grunt build , Problem

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