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JavaScript Installing Dependencies

Tzili Hod
Tzili Hod
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Posted by Tzili Hod
Tzili Hod
5,836 Points

Babel for compiling es2015

Do you still have to compile es2015 to earlier version of javascript? Aren't most web browsers up to date now?

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akak
akak
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akak
akak
29,445 Points

Have in mind that a lot of people use older browsers. The fact that something is available doesn't mean it's in common use. Large companies still want websites to be compatible with IE8 for example. So I hope you get the idea :) I would say IE8 compatibility is not a must right now and it's fair to omit that if it's not strictly in you project specs but you still should transpile code if you're using ES6.