@babel/node
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See our website @babel/node for more information.
Using npm:
npm install --save-dev @babel/node
or using yarn:
yarn add @babel/node --dev
ts-node is a TypeScript execution environment and REPL for Node.js. It allows you to run TypeScript code directly without precompiling it. Compared to @babel/node, ts-node is specifically designed for TypeScript, whereas @babel/node is for JavaScript with ES6+ syntax.
esm is a fast, production-ready ES module loader for Node.js. It allows you to use ES modules in Node.js without needing to transpile them. While @babel/node focuses on compiling and running ES6+ syntax, esm focuses on providing native support for ES modules.
Sucrase is a super-fast alternative to Babel that focuses on compiling modern JavaScript syntax. It is designed to be faster than Babel by focusing on a smaller set of transformations. While @babel/node provides a comprehensive solution for compiling and running ES6+ code, Sucrase aims for speed and simplicity.
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The npm package @babel/node receives a total of 808,644 weekly downloads. As such, @babel/node popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @babel/node 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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