Transpilation - CI/CD Glossary Definition
Transpilation (source-to-source compilation) translates code from one high-level language or language version to another at a similar level of abstraction, for example TypeScript to JavaScript or modern JS to ES5.
Examples
Common transpilers include tsc, Babel, and SWC. They emit JavaScript that older runtimes or browsers can run.
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