Nov 2nd, 2015 As of node 4, we're now able to use ES2015 without the need for Babel. However modules are not currently supported so you'll need to use `require()` still. Checkout the node docs for more info on what's supported. If you'd like module support and to utilise Babel, read on. Post updated to use Babel 6. With gulp 3.9, we are now able to use ES6 (or ES2015 as it's now named) in our gulp