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grunt-es6-transpiler-expand

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Grunt plugin for transpiling ES6 to ES5 using es6-transpiler. Version 1.0.1 is the only published version, dated circa 2015, and appears to be in maintenance mode with no updates since. It provides a basic Grunt task to transpile JavaScript files from ES6 to ES5. Compared to alternative tools like Babel, es6-transpiler has limited support and is largely obsolete. The plugin has a single grunt task `es6transpiler` that accepts source files and options.

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INSTALL

IMPORT

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grunt-es6-transpiler-expand

devopsjavascriptv1.0.1

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Install & Compatibility

Where this runs

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Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

grunt-es6-transpiler-expand

✓ grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-es6-transpiler-expand')

✗ require('grunt-es6-transpiler-expand')

This is a Grunt plugin; it should be loaded via grunt.loadNpmTasks, not directly required.

es6transpiler

✓ grunt.initConfig({ es6transpiler: { /* ... */ } })

✗ grunt.initConfig({ 'grunt-es6-transpiler-expand': { /* ... */ } })

The task name is 'es6transpiler', not the package name.

options

✓ es6transpiler: { options: { /* ... */ }, files: { 'dest.js': 'src.js' } }

✗ es6transpiler: { module: 'commonjs', files: ... }

Options must be placed inside an 'options' object, not at the top level of the task target.

Basic Gruntfile setup to transpile a single ES6 file to ES5 using the es6transpiler task.

module.exports = function(grunt) { grunt.initConfig({ es6transpiler: { options: { // Options for es6-transpiler (e.g., modules: 'commonjs') }, files: { 'dist/output.js': 'src/input.js' } } }); grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-es6-transpiler-expand'); grunt.registerTask('default', ['es6transpiler']); };

Debug

Known issues

deprecatedes6-transpiler is deprecated and no longer maintained. Use Babel or another modern transpiler instead.

fix

Switch to @babel/core and @babel/preset-env with grunt-babel.

affects: >=0.0.0

gotchaThe package name includes '-expand' but there is no other version; it is a fork or variant of the original grunt-es6-transpiler.

fix

Verify you intend to use this specific fork; consider using the original or a maintained alternative.

affects: 1.0.1

breakingThe plugin only supports Node.js >=0.10.0 and may not work on newer Node versions due to V8 API changes.

fix

Upgrade to a modern transpiler like Babel.

affects: >=1.0.1

gotchaes6-transpiler must be installed separately; it is listed as a peer dependency but not automatically installed.

fix

Run: npm install es6-transpiler --save-dev

affects: >=1.0.1

deprecatedThe underlying es6-transpiler package is unmaintained and does not support full ES6 features (e.g., generators, symbols).

fix

Use Babel for complete ES6+ support.

affects: >=0.0.0

Errors

Common errors & fixes

Warning: Task "es6transpiler" not found.

Grunt plugin not loaded or es6transpiler task not registered.

fix

Add grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-es6-transpiler-expand'); to Gruntfile.

Error: Cannot find module 'es6-transpiler'

Peer dependency es6-transpiler not installed.

fix

Run: npm install es6-transpiler --save-dev

Warning: Used --force, continuing.

Transpilation failed due to syntax errors or unsupported ES6 features.

fix

Check source files for valid ES6 syntax; es6-transpiler does not support all ES6 features. Consider using Babel.

Upgrade

Version history

1.0.1latest on npm

Audit

Dependencies

es6-transpilerrequiredpeer dependency for actual transpilation; not automatically installed

Agent activity

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Resources

githubhttps://github.com/sindresorhus/grunt-es6-transpiler ↗

packagehttps://www.npmjs.com/package/grunt-es6-transpiler-expand ↗