CE

Verified User in Education Management

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/8/2019

"Love this product"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Babel?

The best part about Babel is that the website keeps you up to date on all of the updates and changes made to the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Babel?

Built-in classes such as Date, Array, DOM etc cannot be properly subclassed due to limitations in ES5 (for the transform-classes plugin). You can try to use babel-plugin-transform-builtin-extend based on Object.setPrototypeOf and Reflect.construct, but it also has some limitations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UC

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/26/2019

"Easy to use compiler"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Babel?

It allows you to use new language features and JSX in your Javascript code without worrying about browser compatibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Babel?

It can be really difficult to debug when you have a syntax error because of your configuration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Babel:

If you're looking for a Javascript compiler I would definitely recommend Babel. They also have a website, babeljs.io, where you can type in next-gen Javascript and instantly see the output of browser-compatible code, which is pretty neat. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Babel solving and how is that benefiting you?

We're able to use newer syntax and not worry about browser incompatibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

BL

Bhavik L.

Student

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/8/2019

"Babel"

2.5/5

What do you like best about Babel?

It is easy to communicate with others using this app Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Babel?

The user friendliness. It took a while to get adjusted to Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

BG

Borja G.

Frontend Engineer

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/29/2018

"The best tool for modern JS development"

5/5

What do you like best about Babel?

It solves the gap between the new JavaScript specification and the browser's JavaScript engine implementation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Babel?

Sometimes the configuration might be a bit confusing. In some small projects you could spend more time configuring your Babel plugins rather than actually coding Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Babel:

Make sure you are going to need the new JavaScript features. Maybe your project is not big enough to make use of Babel and you can go without the configuration and transpiling phase at the beginning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Babel solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am able to have the latest ES features in my application so I don't have to polyfill them or make browser-specific implementations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UR

Verified User in Real Estate

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/8/2019

"it worked well "

4/5

What do you like best about Babel?

I liked the ease of it and the convenience of using it when I had some down time here and there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Babel?

I didn't find anything that I didn't like about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CM

Verified User in Marketing and Advertising

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/14/2019

"easy to use for starters"

2.5/5

What do you like best about Babel?

it is pretty easy to use for beginners. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Babel?

sometimes there are little bugs that make it less smooth to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Babel:

It's great if your technical team is working in different coutries etc, using different code language, to find one common language. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Babel solving and how is that benefiting you?

it allows our coders to write code in there prefered language, but have babel translate it to one common language in the end Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UC

Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/8/2019

"ES6 magic"

4/5

What do you like best about Babel?

Babel allows you to use modern ES6 features in your application and ensures browser compatibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Babel?

Sometimes the web resource is not accurate and has a steep learning curve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UI

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/23/2019

"Great compiler! "

5/5

What do you like best about Babel?

Very easy to use with little config! I would highly recommend! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Babel?

There isn't anything I dislike about Babel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UP

Verified User in Performing Arts

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/15/2019

"Easy to use!"

4/5

What do you like best about Babel?

Super easy to use and implement into our company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Babel?

Nothing, it all seemed to work great for us! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UC

Verified User in Computer Software

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/13/2018

"Excellent Transpiler for JavaScript"

5/5

What do you like best about Babel?

Lets one use the latest JavaScript Features without having to worry the support on different browsers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Babel?

Set up is sometimes cumbersome. The setup is quite easy with webpack though. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.