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I am new to es6 and have two questions

  1. Is transpiling really required for backend code (node.js) written in es6 ?

  2. If transpiling is not necessary - is there a disadvantage running plain es6 on server side - can it affect debugging ?

npr
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  • Possible duplicate of [NodeJS plans to support import/export es6 (es2015) modules](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37132031/nodejs-plans-to-support-import-export-es6-es2015-modules) – ponury-kostek Oct 05 '17 at 10:03

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Answer can be debatable. I strongly feel there is no need of transpiling your backend code (NodeJS). Transpiling converts your import/export statements to require, module.exports. Which you can directly use in NodeJs.

Also, on client side, it makes sense to have transpilation for different browser support and also it reduces the bundle size. But for NodeJS side, there is also a disadvantage for debugging.

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