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* chore: remove enhanced-resolve It was introduced as a peer dependency of `webpack-dependency-suite`, see https://github.com/babel/babel/pull/7453 and https://travis-ci.org/github/babel/babel/jobs/347175454#L545 * chore: remove custom @lerna/collect-updates resolution The forked @lerna/collect-updates are meant to update runtime-corejs2 when helpers are updated. However they are now always force published. So we don't need the fork anymore
The compiler for writing next generation JavaScript.
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Intro
Babel is a tool that helps you write code in the latest version of JavaScript. When your supported environments don't support certain features natively, Babel will help you compile those features down to a supported version.
In
// ES2020 nullish coalescing
function greet(input) {
return input ?? "Hello world";
}
Out
function greet(input) {
return input != null ? input : "Hello world";
}
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