A working proof of concept for using native ES6 modules in the browser.
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- Clone repo locally
npm install
npm start- Open modern browser to
http://localhost:8080
Chrome 60, Safari 10, Internet Explorer (all), Firefox 59, etc. did not support ES6 modules and can be targeted with the nomodule flag inside the script tag as can be found in the index.html file in this project. So if your project requires support for legacy browsers, you can still use Babel and Webpack to transpile and bundle a huge ES5 monolith for those users to download all at once.
Quick Overview
- Android 67+
- Chrome 61+
- Edge 16+
- Firefox 60+
- Safari 11+
- Safari (iOS) 11.2+
The biggest con I have found so far is utilizing 3rd party npm modules. As best as I can tell, the only way to do this successfully is to copy the module you want to use into a local directory so it runs through your minification process and gets put into the dist folder.
Simply installing a npm module and then importing it into the file you want to use won't work.