Get Programming with JavaScript Next: Babel and React vs. Angular

First of all thanks for the first three lessons in the book.  That little bit of history filled in holes that help me to understand the current landscape.
Scanning the rest I can see that it continues to explain new features.
I heard arguments for Angular vs React.  Does using Babel solve that debate or add another option?

I guess I am really asking the relationship of React and Angular/Typescript to ECMAScript. They translate to Javascript too. Thanks!

React apps are typically written using ES6+, though nothing prevents them being written in ES5 (if you like wordiness) or even TypeScript.

Angular apps are typically written in TypeScript, but similarly they could be in ES as well.

I choose the language that the framework's general community uses as that's what tutorials, blogs, npm packages, and online questions are most likely to be using.

Babel, while essential in the toolchain, doesn't really factor into the choice.