SyntaxError: Unexpected token *

[wlepinski]

Hi. I'm trying to follow the starter guide and I'm get the following error:

var koa = require('koa');
var app = koa();

app.use(function *(){
  this.body = 'Hello World';
});

app.listen(3000);

SyntaxError: Unexpected token *
    at Module._compile (module.js:439:25)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
    at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:497:10)
    at startup (node.js:119:16)
    at node.js:902:3

I'm using node 0.10.24 and executing the script using node --harmony

[slaskis]

You might want to read https://github.com/koajs/koa#installation again.

You need node 0.11.9+ to use node --harmony but you can use node 0.10.x is you use gnode.

[likidu]

Hi, I'm still getting the same error even it's been running on node 0.11.9. Could you give some hints?

[haoxins]

run with 'node --harmony app.js'，not 'node app.js'

[likidu]

Thank you! Now it works pretty well!

[wlepinski]

Do you guys have any tips on how to install unstable versions of NodeJS? Do I have to compile it from source?

[hallas]

@wlepinski use nvm https://github.com/creationix/nvm

[wlepinski]

Forget about it. Just found the installer. http://blog.nodejs.org/2013/12/31/node-v0-11-10-unstable/ Tks.

[Thomasdezeeuw]

Also an easy way to install Node version is N: https://github.com/visionmedia/n.