6to5 Initial Release
Sebastian McKenzie releases the first version of '6to5' on GitHub, a tool capable of transpiling ECMAScript 2015 (ES6) code into widely compatible ECMAScript 5.
Significance
This marked the birth of what would become Babel, providing developers with the first real, widely accessible solution to use future JavaScript features today.
Key facts
- Date
- 2014-10-09
- Type
- release
- Location
- Online (GitHub)