babel-install

babel-install

Declare & install Babel plugins & transforms the easy way

Getting started

From the command line

npm i babel-install -DE

If you haven't already, add this to your ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc and reload your shell. It allows your to run local Node bins as if they were globally installed.

export PATH=./node_modules/.bin:$PATH

CLI usage

babel-install babel-preset-es2015 babel-plugin-transform-async-to-generator babel-plugin-transform-es2015-arrow-functions
# or
babel-install --presets es2015 --plugins transform-async-to-generator transform-es2015-arrow-functions

...which results in

.babelrc

{
  "presets": ["es2015"],
  "plugins": ["transform-es2015-arrow-functions", "transform-async-to-generator"]
}

package.json

{
  "devDependencies": {
    "babel-preset-es2015": "{some latest version here}",
    "babel-plugin-transform-async-to-generator": "{some latest version here}",
    "babel-plugin-transform-es2015-arrow-functions": "{some latest version here}",
  }
}

There are also several aliases installed to cover common typos

• babel-isntall
• babelisntall
• babelinstall

I didn't provide an even shorter command ala bi to prevent conflicts with other libraries. However, if you'd like a shorter command, I recommend creating an alias.

Programmatic Usage

import BabelInstaller from 'babel-install';
BabelInstaller().installAndDeclare(someArrayOfBabelPackageNames, function (installError) {
  return installError ? console.error(installError) : console.info('Install succeeded');

Development

Install pre-commit hook

npm run install-precommit

Roadmap

• Evaluating adding a --transforms flag that's a special subset of --plugins

Changelog

v2.0.0

Fixes

• 'save-dev' instead of 'saveDev'
• 'save-exact' instead of 'saveExact'

Features

• Aliases for babel-install:
  • babelinstall
  • babelisntall
  • babel-isntall
• Flags for passing plugin & preset short names. E.g.:
  • babel-install --plugins jss-autoprefix jscript ng-annotate --presets es2015-node5 dysonshell doctolib