Technically, yes. But, to me it is much more seamless with everything I've needed so far bundled with TS. It feels less cobbled together than using Babel, Webpack, or Rollup. Plus, it essentially automatically stays updated as new language features are added.
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Why not use typescript instead? (Maybe I just can't get away from my love of strongly typed languages)
There is that problem of Typescript sucking ass though...
afaik typescript also needs a compiler no? babel has a typescript plugin too.
Technically, yes. But, to me it is much more seamless with everything I've needed so far bundled with TS. It feels less cobbled together than using Babel, Webpack, or Rollup. Plus, it essentially automatically stays updated as new language features are added.