execute ES6 scripts with ease

with modules installed privately

mkdir my_tests

cd my_tests

# you need an npm project to install npm modules locally
npm init -y

npm install --save-dev babel-core babel-cli babel-preset-es2015

# let babel know what version you want to use
echo '{ "presets":["es2015"] } ' > .babelrc

# use the new "import" syntax; here I imported something from redux just to get it to fail
echo 'import { createStore } from "redux";' > t1.js

# this will fail 
node t1.js 

# this will not fail 
./node_modules/.bin/babel-node t1.js

with modules installed globally you don't need a npm project file

mkdir my_other_tests

cd my_other_tests

npm install -g babel-core babel-cli babel-preset-es2015

# specify the ES version in the command line or create a .babelrc file like above
babel-node --presets es2015 t1.js