Twindle: Using ES6+ for nodejs

[tolgaerdonmez]

I think we could use es6 syntax, by adding babel.
I know that it is complicated for beginners but the ones who are experienced with it could set it up for general use.
The es6 syntax is more readable I believe.
I have myself created a cli for these kind of things it could be used to initialize es6 projects :)
my cli -> link
I'm not trying to promote anything, just to be helpful for beginners 🙂

[vasudeveloper001]

Why can't we simply write in ES6 format without the need for Babel? We should target new browsers [most now support ES6 - ECMA 2015 nowadays anyways].

I don't see the need for Babel here. Care to explain?

[proful]

@tolgaerdonmez this is very helpful

[tolgaerdonmez]

Why can't we simply write in ES6 format without the need for Babel? We should target new browsers [most now support ES6 - ECMA 2015 nowadays anyways].

I don't see the need for Babel here. Care to explain?

As far as I know, nodejs doesnt support es6 format itself.

[tolgaerdonmez]

@tolgaerdonmez this is very helpful

thanks

[vasudeveloper001]

@tolgaerdonmez Ah right! I totally forgot. My bad!

[PuruVJ]

Why can't we simply write in ES6 format without the need for Babel? We should target new browsers [most now support ES6 - ECMA 2015 nowadays anyways].

I don't see the need for Babel here. Care to explain?

As far as I know, nodejs doesnt support es6 format itself.

Or supports as far as es8 minus the imports. Wet don't transpiler for node

[aravindsivasailam]

In order to write es6 syntax such as import from etc, I would like to propose installing a npm package like esm. This takes care of converting from es6 to regular JS standard to run the scripts.

https://www.npmjs.com/package/esm.

Once it is installed and part of package.json, we can then use it as a script in package.json as:
"start": "node -r esm <file>.js"

[proful]

@aravindsivasailam create a PR with a example and read me file.

Create a folder inside playground/cli