TypeScript support in Electron

Re:TypeScript support in Electron by boubiyeah on Friday June 02, 2017 @05:32PM (#14473476)

You can always add a quick and dirty definition like:

declare module 'themodule' { var mock: any; export default mock; }

But unless the lib doesn't propagate through your code at all, it pays of to give it proper typings.

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Re:TypeScript support in Electron by mattmanser on Friday June 02, 2017 @08:28PM (#14474213)

In the rare cases we find a library that doesn't have a typescript definition, we just do:

   declare var Thing : any;

In a global definition file.

Pro tip. We've got a lot of mixed js and ts at the moment and when you're really lazy you can take advantage of how every object is a dictionary in js and just do something like `window["notification"]` instead of window.notification, which resolves to an 'any' type in ts.

Obviously you should try and minimise that usage, but it's a useful trick to know.

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Re:TypeScript support in Electron by mercer on Sunday June 04, 2017 @09:00AM (#14481331)

Is that still the case with the recent update to TypeScript now that it also typechecks object['prop']?

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