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SpecsUpdate
PriceOpen Source
Current stable version7.2.0
Sitehttp://babeljs.io
IDE SupportVery good
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Pros
Pro Support ES6(Harmony)
Babel will turn your ES6+ code into ES5 friendly code, so you can start using it right now without waiting for browser support.
Pro Plugins for custom features
Pro Future forward thinking
Cons
Con Generated ES5 is ugly and performs badly
Output looks far from handwritten ES5, is quite large with a lot of extra statements to execute.
Con Compiler is slow compared to other languages
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