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Reseller News Join Reseller News Sign up to gain exclusive access to email subscriptions, event invitations, competitions, giveaways, and much more.Sign up now Babel project is running out of money The core team behind the open source JavaScript compiler seek corporate sponsors to fund the continued development of the project. Credit: Dreamstime Despite being used by millions, the open source Babel JavaScript compiler project is running out of money. The Babel development team is ...

Creator deletes posts alleging mismanagement to blame Tim Anderson Wed 12 May 2021 // 10:49 UTC Share Copy The open-source Babel JavaScript compiler project is running out of money with big sponsors having pulled out, according to its core team. And its creator yesterday threw a spanner into the works by claiming on Twitter that he believed funds were "misallocated." Babel compiles modern JavaScript (ECMAScript 2015+) into code that runs on older web browsers. It can als...

Rafik / Getty Images Despite being used by millions, the open source Babel JavaScript compiler project is running out of money. The Babel development team is now seeking financial help, particularly from corporate sponsors. In a bulletin posted May 10, the Babel core team wrote that, since 2018, it has been doing a funding experiment to determine if full-time work on Babel can be sustained, leveraging the Open Collective community funding platform. “We’ve learned the answer m...