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		M2Ys4U on May 15, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: JavaScript at 20 You can transpile from ES2015/16 (ES6/7) to ES5 code today. Babel[0] (formerly 6to5) is one such tool that will do just that. [0] https://babeljs.io/

frik on May 15, 2015 [–]

My question was: When do you switch off your transpiler and serve native ES6? In 2020?

Today we can use native JS5 and use polyfill for JS1-3 browser. In future (e.g. 2017) one will have to rely on a transpiler or stay with JS5 for many years - right?

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