```
$ yarn add --dev babel-cli # to compile our node application 
$ yarn add --dev babel-plugin-dynamic-import-webpack # To ensure server webpack config understands the `import` provided by webpack
$ yarn add --dev babel-plugin-transform-object-rest-spread # ability to use the compile the spread operator in Node
$ yarn add --dev babel-preset-env # default preset for babel when compiling
$ yarn add --dev babel-preset-react # ensure that babel understands react from the server
$ yarn add --dev file-loader url-loader webpack-node-externals # webpack specific loaders to be used by the server.
$ yarn add module-alias # Since we are swapping out React for Preact in production, does the job of webpack resolve alias.
```