Node.js v7.x.x ships with experimental async/await support, greatly simplifying boilerplate required for writing modern server side code. This project is a demonstration of the minimal setup in order to use the new async/await features in Node.

NOTE: async/await are not officially supported in Node.js v7.x at this point. You are welcome to try things out, but there may be no support if you encounter bugs.

Download and install node.js v7 release version for your platform from https://nodejs.org

https://nodejs.org

Go to http://nvm.sh and follow the instructions on installing nvm for your platform. Afterwards, run:

nvm install 7
nvm use 7

Currently async / await support ships under --harmony-async-await flag. npm start command executes node --harmony-async-await index.js

npm install
npm start

While async/await is a great addition, some things like ES6 module support (import x from 'x') and arrow function support in class declaration (class A { b() => {} }) are still not supported.

If you use these features you might still want to keep a ES6/ES7 -> ES5 transpiler like Babel.