@babel/plugin-transform-react-jsx versions 7.22.0 and 7.21.5 both handle the crucial task of converting JSX syntax into standard React function calls, enabling browsers to understand and render React components. While seemingly similar, a closer look reveals key distinctions relevant for developers.
Version 7.22.0, released on May 26, 2023, introduces updates to its dependencies, notably bumping "@babel/types" and "@babel/core" to version "^7.22.0", along with "@babel/traverse". This indicates potential enhancements or bug fixes within Babel's core type system, core transformation engine, and tree traversal functionalities that directly impact how JSX is processed. The updated dev dependencies also signify that version 7.22.0 was built and tested upon Babel's newer ecosystem, ensuring the compatibility of the plugin with the ecosystem improvements. The difference in fileCount (10 vs. 9) and unpackedSize (79979 vs 79839) hints to possible changes in included resources or generated code, which could include performance optimizations or subtle adjustments to the output. Developers should consider upgrading to 7.22.0 to leverage these core improvements, and to keep their babel toolchain consistent.
Version 7.21.5 was released earlier, on April 28, 2023. The "@babel/types", "@babel/core", "@babel/traverse" dependency versions are "^7.21.5".
For developers already using Babel 7, upgrading to the latest version 7.22.0 of @babel/plugin-transform-react-jsx ensures they have the newest bug fixes, performance tweaks and are aligned with the latest advancements in JSX transformation while adhering to the peer dependency requirement of @babel/core version ^7.0.0-0.
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 7.22.0 of the package @babel/plugin-transform-react-jsx