This plugin allows Babel to parse async functions.
Syntax
(async function() {
await loadStory();
console.log("Yey, story successfully loaded!");
}());
npm install --save-dev babel-plugin-syntax-async-functions
.babelrc
{
"plugins": ["syntax-async-functions"]
}
babel --plugins syntax-async-functions script.js
require("babel-core").transform("code", {
plugins: ["syntax-async-functions"]
});