
A transcompiler, or transpiler is a type of translator that takes the source code of a program written in a programming language as its input and produces an equivalent source code in the same or a different programming language.In other words Babel is a free and open-source JavaScript transcompiler that is mainly used to convert ECMAScript 2015+ code into a backwards compatible version of JavaScript that can be run by older JavaScript engines It also converts React JSX syntax into browser understandable javascript code.It compiles down the new modern javascript syntax into older javascript code that the browser can understand.With babel, we can write modern javascript that are not implemented in web browsers yet.


It is a great tool for backwards compatibility of modern javascript code.Babel is a toolchain that is mainly used to convert ECMAScript 2015+ code into a backwards-compatible version of JavaScript in current and older browsers or environments.
