How do I install the babel-polyfill library?

Question

I just started to use Babel to compile my ES6 javascript code into ES5. When I start to use Promises it looks like it\'s not working. The Babel website states support for pr

Answer 1

If your package.json looks something like the following:

  ...
  "devDependencies": {
    "babel": "^6.5.2",
    "babel-eslint": "^6.0.4",
    "babel-polyfill": "^6.8.0",
    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.6.0",
    "babelify": "^7.3.0",
  ...

And you get the Cannot find module 'babel/polyfill' error message, then you probably just need to change your import statement FROM:

import "babel/polyfill";

TO:

import "babel-polyfill";

And make sure it comes before any other import statement (not necessarily at the entry point of your application).

Reference: https://babeljs.io/docs/usage/polyfill/