The latest articles on DEV Community by takundanashebmuchena-pixel (@takundanashebmuchenapixel). https://dev.to/takundanashebmuchenapixel https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3972666%2F446296cc-429d-4f2b-8a69-169bf06e4557.png https://dev.to/takundanashebmuchenapixel en takundanashebmuchena-pixel Sun, 07 Jun 2026 15:24:45 +0000 https://dev.to/takundanashebmuchenapixel/fix-babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types-broken-in-babel-7-and-8-3i9j https://dev.to/takundanashebmuchenapixel/fix-babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types-broken-in-babel-7-and-8-3i9j <p>The original babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types hasn't been updated in 9 years and breaks silently in Babel 7 and 8 environments.</p> <h2> The fix </h2> <p>I published a maintained fork that works as a drop-in replacement:</p> <p>npm install --save-dev babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types-maintained</p> <p>Then update your .babelrc:</p> <p>{<br> "plugins": ["transform-flow-strip-types-maintained"]<br> }</p> <p>That's it. No other changes needed.</p> <h2> What's fixed </h2> <ul> <li>Babel 7 and 8 peer dependency conflicts</li> <li>Missing syntax plugin declaration</li> <li>Deprecated visitor patterns</li> <li>allowDeclareFields support</li> </ul> <h2> Automated migration </h2> <p>If you want to update your entire project automatically:</p> <p>npx flow-strip-migrate .</p> <p>This updates your package.json and babel config in one command.</p> <p>More info: <a href="https://flowstrip.netlify.app" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://flowstrip.netlify.app</a><br> npm: <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types-maintained" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.npmjs.com/package/babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types-maintained</a></p> babel javascript webdev node takundanashebmuchena-pixel Sun, 07 Jun 2026 15:03:04 +0000 https://dev.to/takundanashebmuchenapixel/fix-babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types-broken-in-babel-7-and-8-493l https://dev.to/takundanashebmuchenapixel/fix-babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types-broken-in-babel-7-and-8-493l <p>The original babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types hasn't been updated in 9 years and breaks silently in Babel 7 and 8 environments.</p> <h2> The fix </h2> <p>I published a maintained fork that works as a drop-in replacement:</p> <p>npm install --save-dev babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types-maintained</p> <p>Then update your .babelrc:</p> <p>{<br> "plugins": ["transform-flow-strip-types-maintained"]<br> }</p> <p>That's it. No other changes needed.</p> <h2> What's fixed </h2> <ul> <li>Babel 7 and 8 peer dependency conflicts</li> <li>Missing syntax plugin declaration</li> <li>Deprecated visitor patterns</li> <li>allowDeclareFields support</li> </ul> <h2> Automated migration </h2> <p>If you want to update your entire project automatically:</p> <p>npx flow-strip-migrate .</p> <p>This updates your package.json and babel config in one command.</p> <p>More info: <a href="https://flowstrip.netlify.app" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://flowstrip.netlify.app</a><br> npm: <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types-maintained" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.npmjs.com/package/babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types-maintained</a></p> javascript showdev tooling webdev