Babel Reviews & Product Details

Babel is a platform that converts JavaScript code to browser-supported javascript code.

I can also be installed it into the project using npm and import it to the scripts using node.

Other than using it throughout the projects, the in-browser compiler can also convert short scripts when only minor changes are required. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Babel converts next-gen JS to browser-supported javascript. There isn't any particular feature that I dislike about Babel; however, it is difficult to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to implement and use in any project, compiles next-gen JavaScript code into ES5 for use in older browsers and polyfills most modern features to make them accessible to a wide range of developers and the projects they work on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Adds additional bloat to the bundle-size of JavaScript applications - not a big downside for me, but something to be aware of. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love the way barbel has the ability to turn ES6 code into regular vanilla JS, old versions of JavaScript to new versions and recently helped me transform normal JavaScript to react code, this a handy function that makes working with new JavaScript frameworks through syntax transform. this transformer is well documented, it very easy to target new JavaScript capabilities in browsers, this allows to ignore or point to specific targets for example working with a bandler like webpak as part of a compilation pipeline. there are other additional dependencies that can be added

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Honestly speaking for new developer getting into the use of babel is not easy but with time it gets easy to work with so a lot is likable about babel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not only are you able to use the latest features, you can also implement experimental javascript features that haven't yet been implemented in the language and babel will compile it down into a javascript version every browser can understand. Babel website provides an editor where you can paste your code or type any javascript code and it will preview the transpiled code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Babel performs a very specialised function very well, hence no dislikes about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Babel transpiles javascript code that is using the latest features or features that are yet to be standardised into code that all browsers can understand. It is a very important to for writing cross browser Javascript instead of having to write code specific to target browsers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The plugin names used to transpile are not easy to remember. Some have as many as five words separeted by hyphens Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I literally love everything about Babel. There is nothing to not like about it. Babel just does its job perfectly and there is nothing to complain about. I think Babel is the best and most advanced JavaScript transpiler there is. Its ability to turn ES6 code into regular vanilla JS on the fly is unmatched. It so good that it basically became an industry standard and go-to tool for most small companies as well as largest corporations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing that I dislike about it, honestly. Babel is just that good! It is so awesome that it even beat Google's transpiler Traceur. By far, Babel has the greatest degree of compatibility with ES6 specification in the world, so no one can truly compete with it yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The fastest way you can transpile your code for the browser to be understandable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing. It's the tool I've been using for along the last 4 years. So I won't use another one, for sure! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Babel allows me to transpile my es6 code into javascript that can be run natively within the browser. The tool is well maintained, and troubleshooting resources are quite easily accessible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Configuration of babelrc files can get confusing and unwieldy at times, although it's still generally easier than dealing with the alternative of not having a tool like babel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Babel transpiler is super easy to configure for any type of project. It's easy to build plugins for as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes the concept of how it works is difficult to understand. Especially when I comes to ordering of plugins. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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.

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.