use esbuild instead of babel to transform jsx syntax

[Leonewu]

I am using react and need to display some markdown file.
And when I install vite-plugin-markdown then run dev server, it thorwed an error 'module @babel/preset-react not found' so I have to install it manually.
I just read vite's code about transfroming jsx syntax.It uses esbuild.
I think it is not neccessary to use babel because vite uses esbuild internally.

[hmsk]

good point. this plugin was originally started by copying frontmatter-markdown-loader which is for Webpack, so React's build was still relying on Babel. Decoupling sounds natural choice to me and I'm going to work on someday but use @babel/core and @babel/preset-react atm if you are eager to use this plugin.

[lebbe]

Would you accept PRs resolving this issue?

[hmsk]

@lebbe yes if it's compatible with current one! thanks for your offering.