"transform-es3-member-expression-literals" usage in webpack 1.x - internet-explorer-8

Question

I am working on application that needs to be run on IE 8 enterprise version.I am getting following errors in the console:
Expected identifier : ;
indexOf is not available for the object.
For solving this I read this question on stackoverflow:
Babel 6.0.20 Modules feature not work in IE8
It suggests
transform-es3-member-expression-literals
transform-es3-property-literals
to be added.
But using this in webpack is not mentioned any where,not on babel official site.
Can anyone suggest the way how can I use it as a plugin to my project.
Note:I have already tried doing
var es3MemberExpressionLiterals = require('babel-plugin-transform-es3-member-expression-literals');
var es3PropertyLiterals = require('babel-plugin-transform-es3-property-literals');
plugins = [// Plugins for Webpack
new webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin({minimize: false}),
new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
template: 'index.html', // Move the index.html file...
minify: { // Minifying it while it is parsed using the following, self–explanatory options
removeComments: false,
collapseWhitespace: false,
removeRedundantAttributes: false,
useShortDoctype: false,
removeEmptyAttributes: false,
removeStyleLinkTypeAttributes: false,
keepClosingSlash: true,
minifyJS: false,
minifyCSS: true,
minifyURLs: false
}
})
new es3MemberExpressionLiterals(),
new es3PropertyLiterals()
];

Answer 1

I've created a demo repository on github to show the full configuration by an example.
To get the two plugins running create a .babelrc file, with the following content
{
"plugins": [
"transform-es3-member-expression-literals",
"transform-es3-property-literals"
]
}
In the standard configuration babel-loader in your webpack.config.js babel takes a look into the .babelrc to configure plugins.
// webpack.config.js (partial code only)
module: {
loaders: [
{
test: /\.js$/,
loader: 'babel-loader',
exclude: /node_modules/
}
]
}
If everything is set up correctly webpack should transform the following code
// src/main.js
var foo = { catch: function() {} };
console.log(foo.catch)
into
// bundle.js
/* 0 */
/***/ function(module, exports) {
var foo = { "catch": function () {} };
console.log(foo["catch"]);
/***/ }
See also the examples for the plugins: babel-plugin-transform-es3-property-literals and babel-plugin-transform-es3-member-expression-literals.

Answer 2

The question you link to is about Babel plugins, and you are trying to pass them as Webpack plugins. You'd need to set up Babel as a loader for your application and pass the plugins to that. Merge the following into your Webpack configuration.
module: {
loaders: [{
loader: 'babel',
test: /\.js$/,
exclude: /node_modules/,
plugins: [
'babel-plugin-transform-es3-member-expression-literals',
'babel-plugin-transform-es3-property-literals',
],
}],
},