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Using the .babelrc
file from the webpack simple repository fixed my issue. I am not sure what is going on here though:
{
"presets": [
["env", { "modules": false }]
]
}
To my knowledge the .babelrc
contains the plugins and options that tells babel how to transpile my code.
I revied what the modules
option exactly is:
https://babeljs.io/docs/plugins/preset-env/#optionsmodules
It said the following:
“amd” | “umd” | “systemjs” | “commonjs” | false, defaults to
“commonjs”.Enable transformation of ES6 module syntax to another module type.
Setting this to false will not transform modules.
Because I want my package to be available to all users and my webpack
production configuration uses:
libraryTarget: 'umd'
To compile my code to umd
formatting, will this not conflict with "modules": false
though?
I am also used to seeing a es2015
preset in the .babelrc
file. This is nowhere to be found. Is this the default now?
It seems the es2015
option has been entirely removed:
https://github.com/vuejs-templates/webpack/commit/424cd3f6d101ffeb57f48bca55d7951b35af60e0
From what I’ve read so far it is because Webpack 2 already knows how to work with ES6 modules natively therefore the "modules": false
disables and prevents babel from transpiling as well.
Feel free to leave a comment and correct me on any of this. I am saving this for future reference and for others to see who might also stumble into this.