Babel for helper files

[calebmer]

Currently ava does not use babel with helper files, is there a way to change this functionality? I have a file named helpers/index.js which I import from my ES6 tests which ava automatically compiles with Babel. When I try using import … from … syntax in my helper files it fails.

Is it possible for ava to run helper files using Babel either now or in the future?

Environment

ava 0.13.0
Node.js 5.0.0
darwin 15.2.0

[jamestalmage]

Not without using babel-register. This is definitely on the list of future enhancements though.

If you really need it now check out the Babel config recipes in the docs, and use --require babel-register

[novemberborn]

This is definitely on the list of future enhancements though.

See #720.