reggi / esnext-boilerplate

:circus_tent: ESnext boilerplate including async / await support

ESNext Boilerplate

# clone this repo
git clone https://github.com/reggi/esnext-boilerplate.git
# cd into the downloaded repo
cd esnext-boilerplate
# install babel (locally)
npm install
# use this to watch the src dir
npm run babel-node-watch
# or just run babel with
npm run babel-node

Async / Await

Below is an example using async and await. You have to make sure the dependency "babel-polyfill" is included.

import "babel-polyfill"

async function five() {
  return 5
}

async function helloWorld() {
  var numb = await five()
  console.log(numb)
}

helloWorld() // logs `5`