Migrate to es6

[AliMD]

I want to rewrite code to es6 with babeljs. Make a pull or own repo ?

[mast]

I want to keep it as node.js module, and as far as I know es6 is very poorly supported by nodejs right now. So there are 2 options:

• we do that as separate branch, or
• you do it as separate repo

[AliMD]

Please check this website babeljs.io I think you don't really know it It fully compatible as a simple node.js module

On Mon, Jul 27, 2015, 6:14 PM Max Stepanov notifications@github.com wrote:

I want to keep it as node.js module, and as far as I know es6 is very poorly supported by nodejs right now. So there are 2 options:

• we do that as separate branch, or
• you do it as separate repo

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[derhuerst]

Even though using babeljs with regular Node.js is possible, why not wait until ES6 is natively supported?

[AliMD]

Es6 work a polyfill in next 3 years And babeljs not a converter it rub es6 on the fly Check my bot source code and read more about babeljs and/or typescript https://github.com/AliMD/OneCastBot

On Mon, Jul 27, 2015, 10:19 PM Jannis Redmann notifications@github.com wrote:

Even though using babeljs with regular Node.js is possible, why not wait until ES6 is natively supported?

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[derhuerst]

Es6 work a polyfill in next 3 years

What do you mean by that?

And babeljs not a converter it rub es6 on the fly

It is a converter. It works like coffee-script/register.

[AliMD]

Check my repo, it's work without convert, not like coffee For example let work as let not as a var

On Mon, Jul 27, 2015, 11:45 PM Jannis Redmann notifications@github.com wrote:

Es6 work a polyfill in next 3 years

What do you mean by that?

And babeljs not a converter it rub es6 on the fly

It is a converter https://github.com/babel/babel/blob/master/packages/babel/src/api/register/node.js. It works like coffee-script/register https://github.com/jashkenas/coffeescript/blob/master/lib/coffee-script/register.js .

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[mast]

Ok, I got it now. So we can create es6 code and use babeljs for getting it executed with node at run time (as I see you managed to get it working in your referred repo). Mainly I agree with @derhuerst and probably it's better to wait for native es6 support. But give me a chance to think about it a little bit more. By the way what benefits of using es6 in bot api you see, @AliMD ?

[derhuerst]

@AliMD

Check my repo, it's work without convert, not like coffee

In your repo, you require babel/register, which registers a hook that converts ES6 into ES5 (on the fly), just like CoffeeScript.

Es6 work a polyfill in next 3 years

Since io.js is close to 3.0.0 and brings native ES6 support, I don't think it's going to be 3 years, rather a few months. That's the reason I propose to wait with the migration until ES6 is natively supported.

[AliMD]

sorry, 3 years just for browser not node ;) By the way i start it as my own repo and will continue this conversation after some time Thank you

[AliMD]

@derhuerst Its time to use es6 ;)