Hi tdturn2!

First, your import is valid and will work, it just won't work with hot module reloading (HMR). HMR is enabled by default in newer AdonisJS 6 projects. Rather than fully restarting the application when a change is made in development, HMR enables the single updated spot to be updated on the fly.

AdonisJS uses NodeJS Loader Hooks to perform HMR, and loader hooks require dynamic imports to work and hot-swap modules when updated. If you'd like to read more on this, they walk through the full what & whys in the documentation.

So rather than importing your controller like this, which will not work with HMR:

import RegisterController from '#controllers/auth/register_controller'

router.get('/register', [RegisterController, 'show'])

  

    

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You can instead dynamically import the controller, which will work with HMR:

const RegisterController = import('#controllers/auth/register_controller')

router.get('/register', [RegisterController, 'show'])

  

    

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If you have your text editor fix lint errors on save, this change will happen automatically when you save your file. You'll see this happen for me in the lesson around the 2:20 mark. If you're using VSCode, you can turn this on by installing the ESLint extension, and then adding the below to your JSON user settings.

{
  "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
    "source.fixAll.eslint": "explicit"
  },
}

  

    

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