How do I implement Typescript?

[dugiwarc]

Would the current setup be compatible with Typescript?

[pronebird]

Hi,

It's possible to adapt it for TypeScript. The project I work on is in TypeScript so we've modified the scripts to add support for TypeScript and it's open source too, see:

1. https://github.com/mullvad/mullvadvpn-app/blob/efd09e63dcdad21ce2d3cc6df2f6d56818684586/gui/tasks/scripts.js
2. https://github.com/mullvad/mullvadvpn-app/blob/efd09e63dcdad21ce2d3cc6df2f6d56818684586/gui/tasks/watch.js#L46-L61

We have people coming with different requirements and it's truly difficult to satisfy everyone and at the same time keep the boilerplate minimal. Perhaps we should add codeshift or git patches to reconfigure this boilerplate for whatever needs people have. My only concern that at some point it will be a disaster to maintain.

Any thoughts on this @jschr?

[jschr]

Thanks for TS examples @pronebird. If you feel like they would be helpful to link in the README then feel free to add!

I agree, it's not feasible to maintain this boilerplate for all the different libs people want to use and is meant to be a good starting point for most users. I like the codeshift idea but I share the same concerns if we have a lot of them.

[pronebird]

@jschr if I ever have extra hour, I think I could backport support for TS to this boilerplate in a separate branch which we could rebase over master from time to time.

[jschr]

@pronebird that sounds good to me! I'd be happy to transfer this repo over to you as well since I haven't had much time to keep up with it.

[pronebird]

@jschr up to you. I really don't mean to take it from you as you were the one who started it. I can remain a collaborator even if you're not active any longer.

[jschr]

@pronebird Honestly, up to you 😄

You've put in more work into this repo as I have by now so I'm more than happy to see it live elsewhere if that's the best thing to do for users stumbling about this repo!