Thanks to @zpao (and co. at @fbOpenSource?), regenerator is finally going MIT 🎉🎉🎉! (used in Babel for generators/async and thus probably downloaded just as much as jest/flow/react) github.com/facebook/regenera…
FYI going to take a step back from open source and maintaining Babel as much 🙂. I'll probably still do things like docs/posts/changelog/releases and am not going away.
If can't wait for @babeljs 7 and are excited about the future of JS, you should consider donating to their open collective campaign.
Even better, ask your VP Eng about establishing an OSS budget. There's no substitute for monthly support.
opencollective.com/babel
Sustainable projects thrive. Much of this is thanks to funding and helping support our contributor ecosystem. opencollective.com/webpack
Go to your favorite project (webpack, @babeljs, @vuejs, @preact, etc.) and choose their @opencollect account. Double down on your investment.
Of course, in addition to money, consider spending 30 minutes a day reviewing the open issues/prs or looking at a test/feature.
It's amazing how quickly you'll find an issue that needs to be verified or a function that is missing a critical branch.
If can't wait for @babeljs 7 and are excited about the future of JS, you should consider donating to their open collective campaign.
Even better, ask your VP Eng about establishing an OSS budget. There's no substitute for monthly support.
opencollective.com/babel
Perf tip: Stop using babel-preset-es2015. It's deprecated.
Use babel-preset-env instead. The env preset only transpiles the features that your target browsers don't support.
Result? Smaller bundle. 👍
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Company: "We'd like to use SQL Server Enterprise"
MS: "That'll be a quarter million dollars + $20K/month"
Company: "Ok!"
...
Company: "We'd like to use Babel"
Babel: "Ok! npm i babel --save"
Company: "Cool"
Babel: "Would you like to help contribute financially?"
Company: "lol no"