Babel: ES7 and beyond
summary
Babel.js is presented as a transpiler that lets developers write ES2016/ES2017/ES2018+ JavaScript (including features like async/await) and convert it into ES5/ES2015-compatible code that runs in current browsers. The talk explains how Babel enables using future language features today and outlines practical considerations when setting up and using Babel for compatibility.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Welcome
- 2:12JavaScript history
- 5:26ES6 and yearly updates
- 7:12ES2016 new features
- 8:57ES2017 future features
- 10:21Callbacks and issues
- 14:35Promises and async
- 23:30Generators and co-routines
- 36:18Async functions
- 39:28Babel compiler
- 43:30Babel plugins
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