babel-eslint vs eslint-plugin-babel vs eslint-plugin-react？

Question

What is the difference between the libraries?

• babel-eslint [ github.com/babel/babel-eslint ]
• eslint-plugin-babel [ github.com/babel/eslint-plugin-babel ]
• eslint-plugin-react [ github.com/yannickcr/eslint-plugin-react ]

Answer 1

• babel-eslint is a parser that allows you to use ESLint with code that is supported by Babel (ES6+ features, flow types, etc.). ESLint on it's own only supports ES6, JSX and object rest/spread. Anything beyond that, requires babel-eslint .
• eslint-plugin-babel is a plugin that fixes/adds a few rules that work with ES7 and beyond features.
• eslint-plugin-react is a plugin that adds a bunch of rules specific to React applications.