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@babel/parser
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A JavaScript parser
See our website @babel/parser for more information or the issues associated with this package.
Using npm:
npm install --save-dev @babel/parser
or using yarn:
yarn add @babel/parser --dev
Acorn is a lightweight, fast JavaScript parser written in JavaScript. It aims to achieve similar goals as @babel/parser, providing an AST for source code. However, Acorn focuses more on speed and a smaller footprint, making it a good choice for environments where these factors are critical.
Esprima is another popular JavaScript parser that supports ECMAScript 3, 5, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 standards. It is used by many tools and frameworks for static analysis and code manipulation. Compared to @babel/parser, Esprima offers a more stable and standardized parsing solution but might not be as flexible in terms of plugin support and experimental syntax.
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A JavaScript parser
The npm package @babel/parser receives a total of 108,553,304 weekly downloads. As such, @babel/parser popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @babel/parser 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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