README

Introduction

This small library is made as an easy and clean way to transpile JS with Babel.

This is not a transpiler as is, it's just a way to call the CLI version of Babel.

How to use

After installing the dependencies, just use composer to include the library into your project:

$ composer require nvan/php-babel-transpiler

Then, instance the class passing the folder in which the node modules are placed as the first argument.

Then you can use the functions:

• transpile to transpile a script passing a string
• transpileFile to transpile a script passing the route to a file

Both functions will return the transpiled code as a string.

Full example:

<?php
// Autoload or include the class

use nvan\BabelTranspiler\Transpiler;

$transpiler = new Transpiler('Path/To/Babel'); // Can be relative or absolute

$transpiledString = $transpiler->transpile('class Test {}');
$transpiledFile = $transpiler->transpileFile('Path/To/File.js');

Dependencies

In order to use this library, you have to install:

• Node.JS: https://nodejs.org/
• Babel CLI (and Core) through npm: https://babeljs.io/docs/en/babel-cli

Babel should be installed on a relative path for the project, inside or outside of it, but you can use an absolute path in any other place too.

OPTIONAL: To run the tests of this repository, you have to install first the package.json file found in /tests/BabelDirectory:

On the root folder of this project do (both Windows, Linux and macOS):

$ cd tests/BabelDirectory
$ npm install

Support

Please consider placing an issue on this repository explaining the problem before sending me an email.

If you really need, you can do it: mduran@nvan.es

Contributions

You can do a Pull Request to contribute to this project.

Bare in mind that new features are not guatanteed to be added but error corrections are probably instead.

Donate

If you'd like to help me improving this projects, buying new hardware or just buying me a beer, you can donate via PayPal: https://paypal.me/maduranma