[Q] Transpiling to ES5 for browser compability

[andys8]

Hi @sindresorhus, I'm wondering why this library is using ES6 and is not transpiling to ES5. Isn't that the common behavior nowadays? Is it intentional not to do it?

[SamVerschueren]

We aim for Node.js, not the browser. You can find a more detailed explanation here sindresorhus/ama#446

[andys8]

Thanks for the quick answer. Do you think the description text could be misleading?

[SamVerschueren]

Okay, didn't check the repository to be honest before I answered. But there is a browser.js file so make sure to use that one.

[silverwind]

Not sure what your setup is, but you could use something like https://github.com/babel/babelify to browserify and transpile it to ES5.

[andys8]

I'm using webpack and will transpile the library to es5 using Babel (or replace it). But because this is the first time I had to do this for a npm dependency, I wanted to ask you about it. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it's not common. But I see the point that this library is targeting nodejs. So thanks for your support.

[silverwind]

I think @sindresorhus expects the user to transpile, but I could be wrong.

[SamVerschueren]

It's all in the AMA question I linked to in my first reply.