A source-to-source translator, source-to-source compiler (S2S compiler), transcompiler, or transpiler is a type of translator that takes the source code of a program written in a programming language as its input and produces an equivalent source code in the same or a different programming language.
that converts edge JavaScript into plain old ES5 JavaScript that can run in any browser (even the old ones). It makes available all the syntactical sugar that was added to JavaScript with the new ES6 specification, including classes, fat arrows and multiline strings.
How does Babel work internally?
Babel takes the source code and parses it into a abstract representation of the code. ... Each node of the tree denotes a construct occurring in the source code. They are basically used for easy transformation of source code. This is taken care by the Babel's babylon parser.
What is Babel JS used for?
Babel is a JavaScript compiler
Babel is a toolchain that is mainly used to convert ECMAScript 2015+ code into a backwards compatible version of JavaScript in current and older browsers or environments.
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