reactjs - Is it possible to use async / await in React JS?

Question

I started programming in React Native, and I got used to use the syntax:

async myFunction(){
    ...
    return await otherFunction();
}

But I don't know how to make it compatible with React JS and React Native in a shared package. How can I accomplish this so that it works in both platforms?

Thanks!

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38357234/is-it-possible-to-use-async-await-in-react-js

Answer 1

React Native ships with Babel and some Babel presets, whereas React on the web is just React related code.

If you want to use async/await on the web today you'll need Babel and the correct transforms: https://babeljs.io/docs/plugins/transform-async-to-generator/

or the stage-1 presets, which is fairly common in React apps today. http://babeljs.io/docs/plugins/preset-stage-1/