Laravel-mix: babel configuration

[noahphillips]

Hello one and all

I've installed and begun playing around with laravel mix. The only issue I've run into is mix.babel()

I have the following line in webpack.mix.js

mix.babel('js/app.js', 'js/compiled.js')

I get the following error in the console

"use strict";var _SoundCloudSetup=require("./lib/SoundCloudSetup.js");....

compiled.js:1 Uncaught ReferenceError: require is not defined
    at compiled.js:1
(anonymous) @   compiled.js:1

1) can I use a .babelrc file to configure babel? if so should I save it to the js root or the project root?
2) is there a clear way to configure babel in the style of a .babelrc file but within webpack.mix.js

[JeffreyWay]

Babel just converts ES2015 code to vanilla JS. But you're importing modules there, so it's squawking. You should use mix.js() if you need modules.

[noahphillips]

Thanks for getting back to me Jeffery 
I ended up having to remove all the es6 code from my app.  After trying a bunch of different mix configurations I couldn't get my code to work in Edge or ie11.
I wonder, should I have compiled the js modules with mix.js() and then run the complied.js file through mix.babel()?
All that being said, I want you to know that we all love Laravel, Laracasts and all the work you and Taylor do.  Thanks for all your help and attentiveness 
-Noah

On Tuesday, March 21, 2017 1:14 PM, Jeffrey Way <[email protected]> wrote:

Babel just converts ES2015 code to vanilla JS. But you're importing modules there, so it's squawking. You should use mix.js() if you need modules.—
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[entozoon]

Did you ever figure out how you'd you pass things from mix.js to mix.babel? I'm in a similar boat.

  .js('in.js', 'out.es6.js')
  .babel('out.es6.js', 'out.js');

^ Works .. okay.. but very temperamental

[mnlmaier]

/push

This still seems to be a problem! Is there any better workaround than https://github.com/JeffreyWay/laravel-mix/issues/593#issuecomment-297010327?