react-express-babel6

This is a refrence project to demonstrate the use of React and Express with Babel 6

This project uses browserify + gulp, to create the browser bundle. I am working on another demo which will use webpack instead.

##Background The Babel 6 release brings some massive changes to how babel works.

The babel package no longer exists, it has been split into three packages.

• babel-core
• babel-cli
• babel-polyfill

Most importantly transforms are plugins now, therefore babel outputs the same file if called directly. It does nothing without a plugin.

Transformers used in this project are

• babel-preset-es2015 - Provides the ES2015 spec
• babel-preset-react - JSX Support

These are handy presets there are more specific transforms available. Checkout the plugins page for more

##Use Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/shantanuraj/react-express-babel6

Install dependencies

npm install

Build browser bundles

gulp

Start the webserver

npm start

##Author

Shantanu Raj [email protected]