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Babel is broken down into three parts: Babel is broken down into three parts:
- Parsing - Parsing
- Transformation - [Transformation](babel/transformation/)
- Generation - [Generation](babel/generation/)
**Parsing** is the process of turning a piece of code into an AST (Abstract **Parsing** is the process of turning a piece of code into an [ESTree spec](https://github.com/estree/estree) compatible AST (Abstract
Syntax Tree) which is a tree-like object of nodes that _describes_ the code. Syntax Tree) which is a tree-like object of nodes that _describes_ the code.
This makes it easier to transform the code over direct string manpulation. This makes it easier to transform the code over direct string manpulation.
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Babel's parsing step is done by Acorn. However, because Babel is implementing Babel's parsing step is done by [Acorn](https://github.com/marijnh/acorn). However, because Babel is implementing
future standards it maintains a fork of Acorn in order to do it's job. You can future standards it maintains a [fork of Acorn](acorn/) in order to do it's job. You can
see that fork in the "acorn" folder. see that fork in the "acorn" folder.
The transformation and generation steps are both handled inside of the Babel The transformation and generation steps are both handled inside of the Babel