Uncaught SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module OpenLayers

Question

I want to know what's mean the following error in OpenLayers

Uncaught SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module

I get this error only when I try to execute on the following example

https://openlayers.org/en/latest/examples/vector-layer.html

• JGH: Don't forget about the JS bundling aspect described in the OL Getting Started doc. See this post too

Answer 1

You need to get basic setup like nodejs in order to run openlayers examples.