Babel Insights

What is Babel?

Babel is a JavaScript compiler that transforms ECMAScript 2015+ (ES6+) code into a backwards compatible version of JavaScript that can be run by older JavaScript engines. It's commonly used to use the latest JavaScript features in projects while ensuring compatibility with older browsers or environments.

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What other technologies are related to Babel?

Babel Competitor Technologies

TypeScript

TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that adds static typing. While TypeScript can be transpiled to JavaScript, it can also handle many of the same code transformations that Babel performs, making it a potential alternative for some projects.

mentioned alongside Babel in 2% (9.1k) of relevant job posts

Babel Complementary Technologies

Webpack

Webpack is a module bundler often used with Babel to transpile and bundle JavaScript code.

mentioned alongside Babel in 27% (20k) of relevant job posts

NPM

NPM is a package manager used to install and manage Babel and its related plugins and presets.

mentioned alongside Babel in 21% (11.1k) of relevant job posts

ECMAScript

ECMAScript is the standard that JavaScript is based on. Babel is used to transpile newer versions of ECMAScript into older, more widely supported versions.

mentioned alongside Babel in 33% (1.4k) of relevant job posts