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FalFire
FalFire

Reputation: 11

How to use ECMAScript 6 in webextensions?

I am trying to use ECMAScript 6 in my webextension in Chrome 51 (in my background.js code) but I get an error on the first import: "Unexpected token import". I enabled experimental javascript features in Chrome. Is there any information available anywhere about using ECMAScript6 in webextensions?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 440

Answers (2)

Matthias Simon
Matthias Simon

Reputation: 420

Native support for ES6 modules is quite a thing. A common way to go is to have a build that bundles modules. rollup is commonly used for that.

I just created a skeleton for webExt add-ons that does this.

Upvotes: 0

the8472
the8472

Reputation: 43052

Firefox supports most parts of ES6, but not modules. It's being worked on under bug 568953.

Upvotes: 1

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