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@babel/plugin-transform-new-target
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Transforms new.target meta property
See our website @babel/plugin-transform-new-target for more information.
Using npm:
npm install --save-dev @babel/plugin-transform-new-target
or using yarn:
yarn add @babel/plugin-transform-new-target --dev
Similar to @babel/plugin-transform-new-target, this package transforms ES6 arrow functions into function expressions that older JavaScript environments can understand. While it focuses on arrow functions rather than the `new.target` property, both plugins serve the purpose of making modern JavaScript code compatible with older environments.
This package transforms ES6 class syntax into equivalent ES5 constructor functions. Like @babel/plugin-transform-new-target, it deals with issues related to constructor functions and their invocation, ensuring that class-based code can run in environments that do not support the ES6 class syntax.
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Transforms new.target meta property
The npm package @babel/plugin-transform-new-target receives a total of 22,443,478 weekly downloads. As such, @babel/plugin-transform-new-target popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @babel/plugin-transform-new-target 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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