A full version history of the babel-preset-stage-3 package with size, number of distributed files and dependency evolution.
Babel Preset Stage 3 has evolved significantly through its various versions, primarily within the 6.x series, reflecting the rapid development of JavaScript language features and Babel's capabilities. Initial versions like 6.0.14 and 6.0.15, released in late 2015, focused on core stage 3 proposals, notably including the transform-async-to-generator and transform-exponentiation-operator plugins. These established the foundation for supporting modern asynchronous patterns and mathematical operations.
As the 6.x series progressed, subsequent versions, observed with 6.1.2, and incrementally up to 6.3.13 witnessed refinements which focused on stability and subtle bug fixes. Mid-series updates such as 6.11.0 introduced plugins such as syntax-trailing-function-commas showing how Babel added support for syntax features. Later iterations, including versions 6.16.0, 6.17.0 and 6.22.0 demonstrates a broadening scope, incorporating plugins like transform-async-generator-functions and transform-object-rest-spread. This illustrates Babel's commitment to enabling developers to use emerging JavaScript features related to asynchronous iteration and object manipulation. The final version in this dataset, 6.24.1, continued this trend, refining existing plugin versions and demonstrating ongoing maintenance. This evolution highlights Babel's crucial role in bridging the gap between cutting-edge JavaScript proposals and browser compatibility, empowering developers to adopt new features with confidence.