To get the full project example, please visit babel-plugin-ui5-example.

babel-plugin-ui5 for Babel 6

An UNOFFICIAL experimental Babel transformer plugin for SAP UI5. It allows you to develop SAP UI5 applications by using the latest ES6, including new syntax and objective oriented programming technology.

Features

• Imports
• Class, inheritance and super keyword
• UI5's metadata field
• Static methods and fields
• Most of ES6 features supported by Babel, like arrow functions, spreading, default value of parameters, etc.
• Packed up in a preset named babel-preset-ui5 or ui5 for short.

Babel version

Currently this version only supports Babel 6.

If you still want to use Babel 5 in your project, please try my previous project babel-ui5-plugin.

Usage

1. Install the preset

$ npm install --save-dev babel-preset-ui5

babel-plugin-ui5 require a bunch of plugins including babel-preset-es2015 and babel-plugin-syntax-class-properties.

Although you can install babel-plugin-ui5 and its dependencies directly, we strongly recommend to install via babel-preset-ui5.

2. Configure .babelrc

Add ui5 to the presets.

{
  "presets": ["ui5"]
}

Usage with Gulp (strongly recommended)

Suppose that in your project, all the source codes are stored in src folder, and all the compiled codes will later be put in assets folder.

<your-ui5-project>
    ├── <assets>
    ├── <src>
    │   └── <your_module>
    │       └── <sub_folder>
    │           ├── ClassA.js
    │           └── ClassB.js
    ├── .babelrc
    ├── gulpfile.js
    └── package.json

1. Configure packages.json

Make sure the babel-preset-ui5 is in your own package.json.

{
    ...
    "devDependencies": {
        "babel-cli": "^6.7.5",
        "babel-preset-ui5": "^6",
        "del": "^2.2.0",
        "gulp": "^3.9.1",
        "gulp-babel": "^6.1.2",
        "gulp-concat": "^2.6.0",
        "gulp-rename": "^1.2.2",
        "gulp-uglify": "^1.5.3",
        "run-sequence": "^1.1.5"
    }
    ...
}

If you don't, please execute the following commands.

$ npm install --save-dev babel-cli
$ npm install --save-dev del gulp gulp-babel gulp-concat gulp-rename gulp-uglify run-sequence
$ npm install --save-dev babel-preset-ui5

2. Configure .babelrc

Add a .babelrc in your project root folder.

{
    sourceRoot: "./src",
    presets: [
        "ui5"
    ]
}

The sourceRoot property can helps the plugin to output the right namespace.

3. Configure gulpfile.js

Add a gulpfile.js in your project root folder.

const babel = require("gulp-babel");
const concat = require("gulp-concat");
const del = require("del");
const gulp = require("gulp");
const rename = require("gulp-rename");
const runSequence = require("run-sequence");
const uglify = require("gulp-uglify");

const SRC_ROOT = "./src";
const ASSETS_ROOT = "./assets";

gulp.task("default", [ "build" ]);

gulp.task("clean", cb => {
    del(`${ASSETS_ROOT}`).then(() => {
        cb()
    }, reason => {
        cb(reason);
    });
});

gulp.task("build", [ "clean" ], cb => {
    runSequence(
        "build-js",
        "concat-js",
        "uglify-js"
        cb
    );
});

gulp.task("build-js", () => {
    return gulp.src(`${SRC_ROOT}/**/*.js`)
        .pipe(babel())
        .pipe(gulp.dest(`${ASSETS_ROOT}`));
});

gulp.task("concat-js", () => {
    return gulp.src(`${ASSETS_ROOT}/**/*.js`)
        .pipe(concat("all-dbg.js"))
        .pipe(gulp.dest(`${ASSETS_ROOT}`));
});

gulp.task("uglify-js", () => {
    return gulp.src(`${ASSETS_ROOT}/all-dbg.js`)
        .pipe(uglify())
        .pipe(rename(path => {
            path.basename = "all";
        }))
        .pipe(gulp.dest(`${ASSETS_ROOT}`));
});

4. Build with Webpack

Please take a look at ui5-loader;

Modulization

SAP UI5 supports Modulization through a mechanism called library. With my another Gulp plugin gulp-ui5-lib, you're now able to compile hundreds of JavaScript files into just one library preload JSON file.

Please also take a look at babel-plugin-ui5-example, you'll find the answer.

Example

To get the full project example, please visit babel-plugin-ui5-example.

ES6 Codes

/*---------------------------------*
 * File: src/example/obj/Animal.js *
 *---------------------------------*/

import ManagedObject from "sap/ui/base/ManagedObject";

export default class Animal extends ManagedObject
{
    metadata: {
        properties: {
            type: { type: "string" },
            nickName: { type: "string" }
        }
    }

    constructor(...args)
    {
        super(...args);
        // TODO: Add your own construction code here.
    }

    init()
    {
        // TODO: Add your own initialization code here.
	}

    callMe()
    {
        alert(`I'm a ${this.getType()}.
        Call me ${this.getNickName()}.`);
    }
}



/*---------------------------------*
 * File: src/example/obj/Cat.js *
 *---------------------------------*/
import Animal from "./Animal";

export default class Cat extends Animal
{
    init()
    {
        super.init();
        this.setType("Cat");
    }

    callMe()
    {
        super.callMe();
        alert("Miao~");
    }

    static createCat(nickName)
    {
        const cat = new example.obj.Cat({
            nickName
        });
        return cat;
    }
}

Compiled Codes

/*------------------------------------*
 * File: assets/example/obj/Animal.js *
 *------------------------------------*/
sap.ui.define(["sap/ui/base/ManagedObject"], function (ManagedObject) {
    "use strict";

    return ManagedObject.extend("example.obj.Animal", {
        metadata: {
            properties: {
                type: { type: "string" },
                nickName: { type: "string" }
            }
    },
    constructor: function constructor() {
        for (var _len = arguments.length, args = Array(_len), _key = 0; _key < _len; _key++) {
            args[_key] = arguments[_key];
        }

        ManagedObject.apply(this, [].concat(args));
        // TODO: Add your own construction code here.
    },
    init: function init() {
        // TODO: Add your own initialization code here.
    },
    callMe: function callMe() {
        alert("I'm a " + this.getType() + ". Call me " + this.getNickName() + ".");
    }
  });
});


/*---------------------------------*
 * File: assets/example/obj/Cat.js *
 *---------------------------------*/
sap.ui.define(["./Animal"], function (Animal) {
    "use strict";

    return Animal.extend("example.obj.Cat", {
        init: function init() {
            Animal.prototype.init.apply(this, []);
            this.setType("Cat");
        },
        callMe: function callMe() {
            Animal.prototype.callMe.apply(this, []);
            alert("Miao~");
        }
    });
});

example.obj.Cat.createCat = function (nickName) {
    "use strict";

    var cat = new example.obj.Cat({
        nickName: nickName
    });
    return cat;
};

Full example

To get the full project example, please visit babel-plugin-ui5-example.