Proper way to import lodash?

[kennerstross]

I've been using lodash with Nuxt 3 with no problems like this...

import _ from 'lodash'
But now that I've started using jest, too, that style doesn't work. Jest wants...

import * as _ from 'lodash'
... but that doesn't work with Nuxt 3. Is there a way I can make both of them happy?

[fallsimply]

I think this is an issue with CommonJS vs ModuleJS. Jest is a CommonJS tool and Nuxt v3 is ModuleJS based.
There is a new testing tool called Vitest, which uses the same build tool as Nuxt v3.
Heres the Migration Guide from Jest

[kennerstross]

Thank you fallsimply - I'll give Vitest a try!

[wobsoriano]

There's a module for lodash if you're interested

https://github.com/cipami/nuxt-lodash

[kennerstross]

Cool. Thanks, wobsoriano!

[benkissi]

the project is archived

[AloisSeckar]

Since this topic got ressurected:

Proper way of importing lodash in 2025 is not to import it and to use https://es-toolkit.dev/ instead. Or at least lodash-es, if you really insist.

Both because slowly dropping support for CJS solutions and also because of lodash immunity to be tree-shaken during build. Last but not least because the project is dead for almost 6 years already which is like eterninty in the current web development.