A transpiler is a compiler that translates the source code of one high-level programming language to the source code of another high-level programming language.
Transpilers are also known as source-to-source compilers.
Questions tagged [transpiler]
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Compiling vs Transpiling
While searching about the difference, I came across these definitions:
Compiling is the general term for taking source code written in one language and transforming into another.
Transpiling is a specific term for taking source code written in one…
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Extending Error in Javascript with ES6 syntax & Babel
I am trying to extend Error with ES6 and Babel. It isn't working out.
class MyError extends Error {
constructor(m) {
super(m);
}
}
var error = new Error("ll");
var myerror = new MyError("ll");
console.log(error.message) //shows up…
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What is target in tsconfig.json for?
What does target in tsconfig.json signify?
{
"compilerOptions":
{
"sourceMap": true,
"target": "es5",
"module": "commonjs",
"jsx": "react",
"moduleResolution": "classic",
"lib": [ "es2015", "dom", "es2017" ]
}
}
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Maintain src/ folder structure when building to dist/ folder with TypeScript 3
I have a TypeScript nodejs server with this structure:
tsconfig.json
package.json
src/
middleware/
utils/
index.ts
dist/
middleware/
utils/
index.js
When using TypeScript 2, I was able to transpile my project from the src/…
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Compiler vs Interpreter vs Transpiler
During a ReactJS session that I was attending, the presenter used a term transpiler for some code conversion/porting happening. In the past, I have heard the terms compiler and interpreter. I've used in the context of converting a user written…
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What is the main difference between a Compiler and a Transpiler?
What are the main differences between a Compiler and a Transpiler? Please could you provide some examples of both?
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Webpack with babel-loader not recognizing import keyword
I have this webpack.config.js:
module.exports = {
entry: './src/admin/client/index.jsx',
output: {
filename: './src/admin/client/static/js/app.js'
},
loaders: [
{
test: /\.jsx?$/,
loader: 'babel',
exclude:…
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Do I really need Babel or other transpilers to use ES6 with React?
Do I really need Babel or other transpilers to use ES6 in React?
I was looking at the chart https://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es6/
Seems like my current browser Chrome (latest stable version) supports almost all the ES6 features...
If I can use…
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Running a python function in BigQuery
Would it be possible to run a python function in BigQuery?
It seems like C can be compiled to WebAssembly and run in BQ, per this blog post from Felipe.
And of course Python can be compiled to C or C++ using cython or some other tools (or it could…
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How do I use ES6 (ES2015) in a ruby on rails app?
I have a 4.2 rails app and am considering slowly converting the JS to ES6. Right now I'm using the standard rails manifest file from the asset pipeline to pre-process my js.
I'm not sure how to go about starting to use ES6 (adding a transpile step)…
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Typescript tsconfig to exclude some source files
I am trying to get Typescript to exclude certain files when compiling. However it doesn't seem to want to exclude them.
Here is my tsconfig.json
{
"ref": "master",
"path": "typings",
"compilerOptions": {
"module": "amd",
"target":…
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What will Typescript transpile when targeting ES5 / ES3?
I'm trying to understand when the Typescript compiler will transpile code to make it compatible with my specified target ECMAScript version (ES5 or ES3).
For example, TSC will transpile for(var int of intArray) fine, but it doesn't transpile…
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How to write a Typescript plugin?
Are there any docs / examples of writing a Typescript plugin?
For the last time I am very inspired with the idea of bringing Typescript into my projects. However, currently I see this is not possible because of my failed attempts to find any docs…
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prolog to SQL converter
Without thinking to much, it seems to me that a large set of Prolog's functionality could be implemented as relational calculus (a.k.a. SQL).
Has anyone heard of any tools to automatically convert Prolog to SQL?
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Converting Python Code to PHP
Is there a software converter out there that can automatically convert this python code to PHP?
#!/usr/bin/python
import math
def calcNumEntropyBits(s):
if len(s) <= 0: return 0.0
symCount = {}
for c in s:
if…
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