# babel-preset-node6

> Babel preset for Node 6.x (ES6 / ES2015)

Latest version **11.0.0** (published 2016-04-27) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install babel-preset-node6
pnpm add babel-preset-node6
yarn add babel-preset-node6
bun add babel-preset-node6
```

## Health

**Score 15/100 (F)** — status: abandoned.

Positive: no vulnerabilities.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support.

Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 11.0.0 |
| Published | 2016-04-27 |
| First published | 2016-04-20 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 2 |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 85 |
| Author | Mike Diarmid |
| Maintainers | salakar |
| Keywords | babel-preset-node6, babel-preset, babel, node6, es2015, es6 |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/babel-preset-node6
- Repository: https://github.com/salakar/babel-preset-node6
- Homepage: https://github.com/salakar/babel-preset-node6#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/salakar/babel-preset-node6/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/babel-preset-node6

## Dependencies (2)

- [babel-plugin-syntax-trailing-function-commas](https://npm.io/package/babel-plugin-syntax-trailing-function-commas.md) ^6.5.0
- [babel-plugin-transform-es2015-modules-commonjs](https://npm.io/package/babel-plugin-transform-es2015-modules-commonjs.md) ^6.7.4

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## Recent versions

- 11.0.0 (latest) — 2016-04-27
- 10.1.0 — 2016-04-27
- 10.0.1 — 2016-04-20
- 10.0.0 — 2016-04-20

## README

# Babel 6.x presets for Node 6.x

Node 6.x comes with V8 v5.x which brings [~93% native ES6/ES2015 coverage](https://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es6/#chrome50). This preset for Babel 6 attempts
to bridge the gap for the much of the remaining ~7% using [Babel plug-ins](https://github.com/babel/babel/tree/master/packages).

Based on Node.js [v6.0.0](https://nodejs.org/dist/v6.0.0/)

## Why

Babel 6.x is awesome, but simply including the [ES2015 preset](https://www.npmjs.com/package/babel-preset-es2015) means you're transpiling features
that your Node 6.x installation can already do faster and natively, replacing them with inferior / older code.

This preset complements existing V8-native functionality - it doesn't work _around_ it.

The end result is nearly always a faster build and script execution time.

## Included Plugins:

* Removes trailing commas from function calls (via [babel-plugin-syntax-trailing-function-commas](https://www.npmjs.com/package/babel-plugin-syntax-trailing-function-commas))
* CommonJS import/export module syntax ([babel-plugin-transform-es2015-modules-commonjs](https://www.npmjs.com/package/babel-plugin-transform-es2015-modules-commonjs))

## Installation

Install via NPM the usual way:

`npm i babel-preset-node6`

## Usage

### Via `.babelrc` (recommended)

Create a `.babelrc` file in your project root, and include 'node5' in your preset path:

```js
{
  "presets": [
    "node6"
  ]
}
```

Now whenever you run `babel-node`, it will polyfill your app with the remaining ES2015 features that Node 6 is missing.

### Via CLI
`$ babel script.js --presets node6`

### Via Node API

If you don't want to use a project-wide `.babelrc` file (as above):

```js
require("babel-core").transform("code", {
  presets: ["node6"]
});
```

And if you _do_, and you want to use vanilla `node` instead of `babel-node` as your CLI, you can create an entry script that references your pre-transpiled code like so:

```js
require('babel-register');
require('path/to/es6/script');
```

... which will then run everywhere Node can.

Of course, make sure to `npm i -S babel-core` or `npm i -S babel-register` respectively, to grab the NPM packages you'll need to transpile on-the-fly.

### Webpack, Gulp, Browserify, etc

Follow vendor instructions and include `node6` in your babel "preset" list.

## How to add React support

Babel has a ready-made preset for React, and you now need to install it separately.

Just grab it via NPM:

`npm i babel-preset-react`

And then add it to your "presets" list in `.babelrc`:

```js
{
  "presets": [
    "node6",
    "react"
  ]
}
```

## Credits
Forked and updated from [@leebenson](https://github.com/leebenson/)'s [node5 preset.](https://github.com/leebenson/babel-preset-node5)

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