Babel

Question 1

What is Babel?

Answer 1

Babel is a compiler that is mainly used to convert ES6 code into ES5 JavaScript so it can be read in current and older browsers

Question 2

What is a Plug-in?

Answer 2

a software component that adds a specific feature to an existing computer program.

Question 3

What is a Webpack loader?

Answer 3

Loaders are transformations that are applied to the source code of a module.

allow webpack to process other types of files and convert them into valid modules that can be consumed by your application and added to the dependency graph.

Question 4

How can you make Babel and Webpack work together?

Answer 4

by adding babel-loader to the list of modules in webpack.config
Install a babel-loader as a devDependency
You configure webpack to specify which files you want Babel to transpile before webpack compiles all your files