tried to address linting issues

webapp/.eslintrc

@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 {
+    "parser": "babel-eslint",
+    "parserOptions": {
+        "ecmaVersion": 8,
+        "ecmaFeatures": {
+            "jsx": true
+        },
+        "sourceType": "module"
+    },
     "env": {
         "browser": true,
         "es6": true
     },
-    "parserOptions": {
-        "ecmaFeatures": {
-            "jsx": true
-        }
-    },
     "plugins": [
         "react"
     ],
@@ -15,5 +18,8 @@
         "react": {
             "pragma": "h"
         }
+    },
+    "globals": {
+        "require": true,
     }
 }