diff --git a/docs/docs/09-tooling-integration.md b/docs/docs/09-tooling-integration.md index e220f6e26fd8c..fe187061e18b8 100644 --- a/docs/docs/09-tooling-integration.md +++ b/docs/docs/09-tooling-integration.md @@ -30,13 +30,18 @@ If you like using JSX, Babel provides an [in-browser ES6 and JSX transformer for ### Productionizing: Precompiled JSX -If you have [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/), you can run `npm install -g babel`. Babel has built-in support for React v0.12+. Tags are automatically transformed to their equivalent `React.createElement(...)`, `displayName` is automatically inferred and added to all React.createClass calls. +If you have [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/), you can run `npm install -g babel-cli`. Babel has built-in support for React v0.12+. Tags are automatically transformed to their equivalent `React.createElement(...)`, `displayName` is automatically inferred and added to all `React.createClass` calls. This tool will translate files that use JSX syntax to plain JavaScript files that can run directly in the browser. It will also watch directories for you and automatically transform files when they are changed; for example: `babel --watch src/ --out-dir lib/`. -> Note: -> -> If you are using babel 6.x, you will need to install the relevant preset/plugins. To get started, you can run `npm install -g babel-cli`, then `npm i babel-preset-react` and finally run `babel --presets react --watch src/ --out-dir lib/`. For more information: check out the [babel 6 blog post](http://babeljs.io/blog/2015/10/29/6.0.0/) +Beginning with Babel 6, there are no transforms included by default. This means that options must be specified when running the `babel` command, or a `.babelrc` must specify options. Additional packages must also be installed which bundle together a number of transforms, called presets. The most common use when working with React will be to include the `es2015` and `react` presets. More information about the changes to Babel can be found in [their blog post announcing Babel 6](http://babeljs.io/blog/2015/10/29/6.0.0/). + +Here is an example of what you will do if using ES2015 syntax and React: + +``` +npm install babel-preset-es2015 babel-preset-react +babel --presets es2015,react --watch src/ --out-dir lib/ +``` By default JSX files with a `.js` extension are transformed. Run `babel --help` for more information on how to use Babel. diff --git a/docs/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/docs/getting-started.md index 4bd3a8f41d56b..14f1363ccefaa 100644 --- a/docs/docs/getting-started.md +++ b/docs/docs/getting-started.md @@ -30,10 +30,15 @@ ReactDOM.render( To install React DOM and build your bundle after installing browserify: ```sh -$ npm install --save react react-dom -$ browserify -t babelify main.js -o bundle.js +$ npm install --save react react-dom babelify babel-preset-react +$ browserify -t [ babelify --presets [ react ] ] main.js -o bundle.js ``` +> Note: +> +> If you are using ES2015, you will want to also use the `babel-preset-es2015` package. + + ## Quick Start Without npm If you're not ready to use npm yet, you can download the starter kit which includes prebuilt copies of React and React DOM. @@ -94,16 +99,20 @@ Note that some browsers (Chrome, e.g.) will fail to load the file unless it's se First install the [Babel](http://babeljs.io/) command-line tools (requires [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/)): ``` -npm install --global babel +npm install --global babel-cli +npm install babel-preset-react ``` Then, translate your `src/helloworld.js` file to plain JavaScript: ``` -babel src --watch --out-dir build - +babel --presets react src --watch --out-dir build ``` +> Note: +> +> If you are using ES2015, you will want to also use the `babel-preset-es2015` package. + The file `build/helloworld.js` is autogenerated whenever you make a change. Read the [Babel CLI documentation](http://babeljs.io/docs/usage/cli/) for more advanced usage. ```javascript{2}