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The compiler for writing next generation JavaScript.
https://www.npmjs.com/package/babel-core
Supporting Babel Outside Of Microsoft's Walled Garden:
Babel is a community-driven project used by many companies and projects, and was maintained by a group of volunteers before their home was taken over by Microsoft.
Development used to take place at babeljs.io/team.
If you'd like to help support the future of the project, please consider:
- Telling the old developers ( https://slack.babeljs.io/ https://twitter.com/babeljs ) to migrate away from NSA/Microsoft Github.
- Giving developer time on the project. ( Message me on the fediverse to help coordinate getting this project off the ground )
- Funding developers to develop pull requests for you, and submitting them to us.
Intro
Babel is a tool that helps you write code in the latest version of JavaScript. When your supported environments don't support certain features natively, Babel will help you compile those features down to a supported version.
In
// ES2015 arrow function
[1, 2, 3].map((n) => n + 1);
Out
[1, 2, 3].map(function(n) {
return n + 1;
});
#FAQ
Who maintains Babel?
It used to be volunteer run, it could still be so! Keep in touch and we'll see if we can get this project back up and running outside of Microsoft!
Looking for support?
Good luck. With Microsoft taking most of the serious devs away from the project you're SOL.
Is there a Babel song?
Apparently. Hallelujah —— In Praise of Babel by @angus-c. Send us your (creative commons licensed) recordings!
Where are the docs?
report issues/features at this repo.
Want to contribute to Babel? Want to report a bug or request a feature?
Do so. We'll need all the reports of issues /help we can get, especially as we diverge from NSA/Microsoft's version of babel.