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@babel/plugin-transform-classes
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@babel/plugin-transform-classes
Compile ES2015 classes to ES5
See our website @babel/plugin-transform-classes for more information.
Install
Using npm:
npm install --save-dev @babel/plugin-transform-classes
or using yarn:
yarn add @babel/plugin-transform-classes --dev
Other packages similar to @babel/plugin-transform-classes
@babel/plugin-transform-arrow-functions
Transforms ES2015+ arrow functions into equivalent ES5 function expressions. Similar in that it provides transformation of modern JavaScript features to ES5, but focuses on arrow functions instead of classes.
@babel/plugin-transform-destructuring
Transforms ES2015+ destructuring assignments and parameters into equivalent ES5 code. Similar in that it provides transformation of modern JavaScript syntax to ES5, but focuses on destructuring rather than class syntax.
@babel/plugin-transform-spread
Transforms ES2015+ spread syntax for arrays and function calls into equivalent ES5 code. Similar in that it provides transformation of modern JavaScript features to ES5, but focuses on spread syntax instead of class syntax.
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Compile ES2015 classes to ES5
The npm package @babel/plugin-transform-classes receives a total of 26,940,892 weekly downloads. As such, @babel/plugin-transform-classes popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @babel/plugin-transform-classes 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.
Package last updated on 15 Feb 2026
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