@babel/core
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Babel compiler core.
See our website @babel/core for more information or the issues associated with this package.
Using npm:
npm install --save-dev @babel/core
or using yarn:
yarn add @babel/core --dev
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JavaScript. It offers type checking and is aimed at the development of large applications. While it does transpile code, it is more focused on type safety and less on new syntax features.
esbuild is an extremely fast JavaScript bundler and minifier. It also provides a limited set of transformation features, such as JSX and TypeScript support. It is not as extensible as Babel but is focused on speed and efficiency.
swc is a super-fast compiler written in Rust that aims to be a drop-in replacement for Babel. It supports most of the modern JavaScript features and is focused on performance. It is gaining popularity in the JavaScript community for its speed.
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Babel compiler core.
The npm package @babel/core receives a total of 95,756,311 weekly downloads. As such, @babel/core popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @babel/core demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 4 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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