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Visual Studio Code - Task - Babel Compile and Run.js

// Terminal
npm init
npm install --save babel-cli babel-preset-env

// Visual Studio Code
// Tasks --> Configure Tasks
// tasks.json
{
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "command": "${workspaceRoot}/node_modules/.bin/babel-node",
  "isShellCommand": true,
  "showOutput": "always",
  "tasks": [
    {
      "args": ["${fileBasename}"],
      "taskName": "babel (run)",
      "suppressTaskName": true,
      "isBuildCommand": true,
      "isBackground": false
    }
  ]
}

// next steps
// 1. create your file.js
// 2. make sure it contains a console.log(‘boo') statement or nothing will appear
// 3. Task —> Run Task —> babel (run)