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Legit question, what don't you like about it and why?
by elboru 8y ago
Legit question, what don't you like about it and why?
- RobertRoberts 8y agoI am moving into ES6 modules and the very notion of trying to use Babel or other post compiler to support older code styles seems archaic. It reminds me of the smell of supporting IE6. My apps are all designed to run on the latest browsers. Maybe I am lucky this way, but I don't have to support browsers older than a few months for my key systems. Not sure about the OP, but for me, I've been around for almost 20 years on web dev front end stuff, and every time I review a compiler, a while later a new one comes along. And eventually every compiler I have tested/or reviewed is now out of style, or the version I tested had so many bugs, or NOW the default configs are perfect! bah. Burnt way too many times on this. I use absolutely minimal external libraries, and those that are, are already minimized. Eventually, when my systems get more wider spread and more devs involved, I think a build step for staging then to production will be useful though. (note, we do have a build step, it just doesn't use any front end compilers like webpack/babel)
- TekMol 8y agoI use the native modules more and more too. They are awesome.