es6-module-transpiler-js-brunch

Adds ES6 module syntax to Brunch based on Square's es6-module-transpiler.

The ES6 Module Transpiler is an experimental compiler that allows you to write your JavaScript using a subset of the current ES6 module syntax, and compile it into AMD or CommonJS modules.

Note: This plugin differs from the es6-module-transpiler-brunch plugin by Giovanni Collazo as it does not use coffeescript, and provides enhanced configuration options for mapping module names and specifying the module wrapper type.

Warning: In my limited testing the ES6 module transpiler currently doesn't emit anything useful for typical CommonJS interoperability, so this plugin is effectively only useful for AMD.

Motivation

I am currently using this plugin to provide ember-cli equivalent ES6 module transpiling using brunch instead of ember-cli/broccoli because of performance regressions currently (14 Sep 2014) render it unusable. This required the ability to specify an 'amd' wrapper type so it can use 'ember-loader', and 'moduleName' mapping so modules can be name-spaced as per ember-cli conventions.

Installation

Install the plugin via npm with npm install --save es6-module-transpiler-js-brunch.

Or, do manual install:

• Add "es6-module-transpiler-js-brunch": "x.y.z" to package.json of your brunch app.
• If you want to use git version of plugin, add "es6-module-transpiler-brunch": "git+ssh://[email protected]:ahacking/es6-module-transpiler-js-brunch.git".

How the plugin works

The plugin will take all files ending in *.js under the app directory and pass them through the es6-module-transpiler and compiled to a module based on your configured wrapper, (AMD by default)

Configuration

The plugin has the following configuration options you can add to your project's config.coffee:

• match is a regex used to decide what files to transpile,
• wrapper specifies the module wrapper, eg 'amd' (default) or cjs' supported.
• moduleName a function that can be used to map module names as required.
• options options to pass through verbatim to es6-module-transpiler.

It is important to disable the brunch module wrapper as it interferes with the module wrapping performed by this plugin.

exports.config = 
  modules:
    wrapper: false
  plugins:
    es6ModuleTranspiler:
      match: /^app/
      wrapper: 'amd'
      debug: yes
      moduleName: (path)-> 'namespace/' + path
      options:
        imports:
          underscore: '_'
        global: 'RSVP'