Compiling ES6 and VUE JS not working in IE 11

Question

So I am having an issue with ES6, Webpack and VUE JS in IE 11. This works in Edge, Chrome, Safari and Firefox, but not IE 11.

The error:

SCRIPT1002: Syntax error
vue.js (16,8498)

Ok, so whats at this line?

(module,__webpack_exports__,__webpack_require__){"use strict";eval("/* unused harmony export getJSON */\n/* unused harmony export getScrollBarWidth */\n/* unused harmony export translations */\n/* harmony export (immutable) */ __webpack_exports__[\"b\"] = delayer;\n/* unused harmony export VueFixer */\n// coerce convert som types of data into another type\nconst coerce = {\n  // Convert a string to booleam. Otherwise, return the value without modification, so if is not boolean, Vue throw a warning.\n  boolean: val => (typeof val === 'string' ? val === '' || val === 'true' ? true : (val === 'false' || val === 'null' || val === 'undefined' ? false : val) : val),\n  // Attempt to convert a string value to a Number. Otherwise, return 0.\n  number: (val, alt = null) => (typeof val === 'number' ? val : val === undefined || val === null || isNaN(Number(val)) ? alt :

This goes on for a while ...

I am confused by this mess, as are you I am sure:

This is my Webpack file:

let mix = require('laravel-mix');
var path = require('path');

/*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 | Mix Asset Management
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 |
 | Mix provides a clean, fluent API for defining some Webpack build steps
 | for your Laravel application. By default, we are compiling the Sass
 | file for the application as well as bundling up all the JS files.
 |
 */

var npm = '/node_modules/';

var paths = {
  'jquery-ui': npm + 'jquery-ui/',
  'bootstrap': npm + 'bootstrap/',
  'select2': npm + 'select2/dist/',
  'lightbox2': npm + 'lightbox2/dist/',
  'accounting': npm + 'accounting/',
};

var jQueryUITheme = 'ui-lightness';

mix.less('resources/assets/less/style.less', 'public/css/', {
  modifyVars: {
    'bootstrap': '"' + path.resolve(__dirname) + paths['bootstrap'] + 'less/' + '"'
  }
}).js('resources/assets/js/boot.js', 'public/js/all.js').webpackConfig({
  resolve: {
    alias: {
      "matches-selector/matches-selector": "desandro-matches-selector",
      "eventEmitter/EventEmitter": "wolfy87-eventemitter",
      "get-style-property/get-style-property": "desandro-get-style-property",
      'masonry': 'masonry-layout',
      'isotope': 'isotope-layout',
      'isotope/js/layout-mode': 'isotope-layout/js/layoutmode',
      'pace': 'pace-progress',
      "jquery-ui/ui/widget": "jquery-ui/widget.js",
    }
  },
}).js('resources/assets/js/vue/main.js', 'public/js/vue.js')
  .scripts([
    'resources/assets/js/lib/jquery.validate.min.js',
    'resources/assets/js/lib/jquery.bootstrap.wizard.min.js',
    path.resolve(__dirname) + paths['accounting'] + 'accounting.js'
  ], 'public/js/genesis.js')
  .copy(path.resolve(__dirname) + paths['jquery-ui'] + 'themes/' + jQueryUITheme + '/jquery-ui.min.css', 'public/css/lib/jquery-ui/jquery-ui.min.css')
  .copy(path.resolve(__dirname) + paths['jquery-ui'] + 'themes/' + jQueryUITheme + '/theme.css', 'public/css/lib/jquery-ui/theme.css')
  .copy(path.resolve(__dirname) + paths['jquery-ui'] + 'themes/' + jQueryUITheme + '/images', 'public/css/lib/jquery-ui/images')
  .copy(path.resolve(__dirname) + paths['select2'] + 'css/select2.min.css', 'public/css/lib/select2/select2.min.css')
  .copy(path.resolve(__dirname) + paths['lightbox2'] + 'css/lightbox.min.css', 'public/css/lib/lightbox2/css')
  .copy(path.resolve(__dirname) + paths['lightbox2'] + 'images/loading.gif', 'public/css/lib/lightbox2/images')
  .copy(path.resolve(__dirname) + paths['lightbox2'] + 'images/close.png', 'public/css/lib/lightbox2/images')
  .copy(path.resolve(__dirname) + paths['lightbox2'] + 'images/next.png', 'public/css/lib/lightbox2/images')
  .copy(path.resolve(__dirname) + paths['lightbox2'] + 'images/prev.png', 'public/css/lib/lightbox2/images')
  .sourceMaps();

 mix.babel(['public/js/main.js'], 'public/js/main.js');
 mix.babel(['public/js/vue.js'], 'public/js/vue.js');
 mix.minify(['public/js/main.js', 'public/js/vue.js', 'public/css/style.css']);

I have also installed and done: babel polyfill and done: import "@babel/polyfill"; in the boot.js we have.

I am unsure what the error is aside from "syntax". Is there something I mam missing?

Answer 1

As already mentioned, IE11 doesn't support ES6. Looking at the line of code that throws that error you'll quickly find ES6 features (arrow functions for example).

Polyfilling will not provide you with the ability to use ES6, the only thing you can do is configure babel to target ES5 instead.

You can do that by editing your babelrc (for Babel 7):

{
  "presets": [
    [
      "@vue/app",
      {
        "targets": {
          "ie": "11"
        }
      }
    ]
  ]
}

If you're still using Babel 6, according to the github docs you should be able to use it like so:

{
  "presets": [
    ["env", {
      "targets": {
        // The % refers to the global coverage of users from browserslist
        "browsers": [ ">0.25%"]
      }
    }],
    "vue"
  ]
}