Unexpected identifier error when running jest test with babel env

[shrutika-s]

I am new to Jest framework. I have followed the steps for installation from following blog:
https://www.valentinog.com/blog/ui-testing-jest-puppetteer/#UI_testing_with_Jest_and_Puppeteer_setting_up_the_project

when I run the test with command 'npm run test' I get following error:

● Test suite failed to run

E:\Jest Tutorial\getting-started-with-jest\__tests__\test1.form.spec.js:1
({"Object.<anonymous>":function(module,exports,require,__dirname,__filename,global,jest){import faker from "faker";
                                                                                                ^^^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier

  at ScriptTransformer._transformAndBuildScript (node_modules/@jest/transform/build/ScriptTransformer.js:537:17)

My package.json looks like this:

{
"name": "getting-started-with-jest",
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "",
"main": "index.js",
"scripts": {
"test": "jest"
},
"keywords": [],
"author": "",
"license": "ISC",
"devDependencies": {
"babel-core": "^6.26.3",
"babel-jest": "^24.9.0",
"babel-preset-env": "^1.7.0",
"faker": "^4.1.0",
"jest": "^24.9.0",
"puppeteer": "^2.0.0"
}
}

and .babelrc looks like below:
{
"presets": ["env"]
}

Can someone let me know what I am missing?

[boatcoder]

Different setup for me, but the same problem..... I'm using the babel config in package.json (created before ejecting from CRA)

"dependencies": {
   "babel-jest": "^25.1.0",
    "jest": "25.1.0",
    "jest-environment-jsdom-fourteen": "1.0.1",
    "jest-resolve": "25.1.0",
    "jest-watch-typeahead": "0.4.2"
},
"babel": {
    "plugins": [
      "@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties" . // Why do I need this when react-app was sufficient BEFORE ejecting....
    ],
    "presets": [
      "react-app",
      "@babel/env"
    ]
}

[jtbandes]

I ran into a similar error when trying to import a package from node_modules whose index.js is an ES Module. After a lot of painful debugging, I was able to resolve it by moving my babel configuration out of package.json, into babel.config.js, as described here: jestjs/jest#6053 (comment) Combined with a custom transformIgnorePatterns (see here), this allowed babel-jest to correctly transform the file in node_modules.