TypeScript declarations

[leeoniya]

i've started writing a domvm.d.ts file to make domvm pleasant to use with VSCode. so far i'm going through the following resources/examples written by people more familiar with TS:

https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/declaration-files/introduction.html
https://basarat.gitbooks.io/typescript/docs/types/ambient/d.ts.html
https://github.com/hyperapp/hyperapp/blob/master/hyperapp.d.ts

it's likely the initial version will not be optimal and could be reduced with generics, etc. if anyone has TS experience, i'd appreciate any improvements or recommendations.

cc @lawrence-dol @tropperstyle @iamjohnlong @Veid @logaan @sabine

[tropperstyle]

Just curious if there has been any movement here...

[leeoniya]

i have some of this done and sitting around, i can push what i have to another branch if you'd like to help finish it up and test

[k-nrd]

any progress made regarding type declarations?

would be happy to try to help with this

[leeoniya]

i'll give this another go. my .d.ts-fu has improved somewhat as a result of making https://github.com/leeoniya/uPlot/blob/master/dist/uPlot.d.ts.

i should be able to put up at least 50% of it and you can maybe work on adding the rest?

also, since domvm comes in a bunch of flavors, what should be done? just make one def file for the full build with everything i guess?

[k-nrd]

one def file for the full build seems reasonable

and sure, I can work on it when I can and see if we can get to 100%

i'd love to use domvm+typescript and do something like https://github.com/paldepind/functional-frontend-architecture w/ type safety

[leeoniya]

hey @k-onrad, since i don't use TS myself and have other projects which need features/bugfixes, this is pretty low priority for me.

i wouldn't mind reviewing a PR if you'd like to submit one. try not to go too crazy with advanced TS meta-programming - take a look at https://github.com/leeoniya/uPlot/blob/master/dist/uPlot.d.ts for what i'd prefer.