ES 7 async/await demo!

build.sh

babel github-es6.js -o github.js --optional runtime --experimental

github-es6.js

import request from "request";

// promise returning function
function get (url){
  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject){
    request({
      method: 'GET',
      url: url,
      json: true,
      headers: {
        'User-Agent': 'request'
      }
    }, function(err, resp, body){
      if(err){
        reject(err);
      } else {
        resolve(body);
      }
    });
  });
}

// create a new "async" function so we can use the "await" keyword
async function printPublicGists(){
  // "await" resolution or rejection of the promise
  // use try/catch for error handling
  try {
    var gists = await get('https://api.github.com/gists/public');
    
    // now you can write this like syncronous code!
    gists.forEach(function(gist){
      console.log(gist.description);
    });
  } catch (e) {
    // promise was rejected and we can handle errors with try/catch!
  }
}

printPublicGists();

github.js

"use strict";

var _core = require("babel-runtime/core-js")["default"];

var _regeneratorRuntime = require("babel-runtime/regenerator")["default"];

var _babelHelpers = require("babel-runtime/helpers")["default"];

var request = _babelHelpers.interopRequire(require("request"));

// promise returning function
function get(url) {
  return new _core.Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
    request({
      method: "GET",
      url: url,
      json: true,
      headers: {
        "User-Agent": "request"
      }
    }, function (err, resp, body) {
      if (err) {
        reject(err);
      } else {
        resolve(body);
      }
    });
  });
}

// create a new "async" function so we can use the "await" keywork
function printPublicGists() {
  var gists;
  return _regeneratorRuntime.async(function printPublicGists$(context$1$0) {
    while (1) switch (context$1$0.prev = context$1$0.next) {
      case 0:
        context$1$0.prev = 0;
        context$1$0.next = 3;
        return get("https://api.github.com/gists/public");

      case 3:
        gists = context$1$0.sent;

        // now you can write this like syncronous code!
        gists.forEach(function (gist) {
          console.log(gist.description);
        });
        context$1$0.next = 9;
        break;

      case 7:
        context$1$0.prev = 7;
        context$1$0.t0 = context$1$0["catch"](0);

      case 9:
      case "end":
        return context$1$0.stop();
    }
  }, null, this, [[0, 7]]);
}

printPublicGists();

// "await" resolution or rejection of the promise
// use try/catch for error handling

// promise was rejected and we can handle errors with try/catch!

I run build.sh, but get this error

SyntaxError: github-es6.js: Unexpected token (24:6)
  22 | 
  23 | // create a new "async" function so we can use the "await" keyword
> 24 | async function printPublicGists(){
     |       ^
  25 |   // "await" resolution or rejection of the promise
  26 |   // use try/catch for error handling
  27 |   try {

@meteormatt what version of Babel you have installed?

I am getting
Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: Class constructor HTTP cannot be invoked without 'new'(…)