Using in vanilla JS / JavaScript projects

[Cortys]

Is it possible to use this package for vanilla js?

Even without the type annotations, TypeScripts autocomplete suggestions are a lot better than those of most other Atom packages I tried.

[basarat]

Even without the type annotations,

sadly not at the moment. The TypeScript compiler is really stingy about file extensions. And we've followed this convention deep within our code.

Leaving open as a wishlist 🌹

[scottwio]

For me this is more about being able to use some of typescripts abilities without having to change the workflow of everyone on the team. For a lot of people even changing the file extension is to much as they are js purists aka don't like the idea of typescript. This way you can work along side another js dev without effecting them at all.

I wonder how Visual Studio Code has implemented the feature as they are just using the standard ts compiler.

[dbroadhurst]

+1 It would be great use TS features in .js files

[nycdotnet]

It seems the TypeScript team agrees. Take a look at the items tagged salsa on their issues list. This may be coming in a future language service version, in which case I assume we'd add support for it.

[cebor]

👍

[andrew-w-ross]

+1

[PanayotCankov]

👍

[bry5912]

👍

[aminroosta]

:+

[IdanAdar]

+1

[basarat]

Foreword: I will most likely not get to it anytime soon.

TypeScript has officially unleashed the allowJS option : http://blogs.msdn.com/b/typescript/archive/2016/01/28/announcing-typescript-1-8-beta.aspx

So about time we support it. Not marking as up for grabs as reviewing this is going to be just as much work as adding and then supporting it. The following is a list of tasks that needs to happen

• allowJS in tsconfig compiler options
• change the default glob based on that
• change the default project creation result to at least output the key so the user can change it easily
• change the activation mechanism to activate on .js files as well

My BIG concerns are:

• not fighting with other packages that also work on .js files e.g. tern
• slowing down atom for JS files as atom-typescript is a bit bulky (mostly because that hasn't been my focus, TS projects tend to not be as messy as JS files).

Let me sit on it :-/ I am open for other ideas 🌹

[marlonfan]

+1

[tabjy]

+1

[gfrancischini]

+1

[ericelliott]

not fighting with other packages that also work on .js files e.g. tern

Tern's hints are OK, but the UI is awkward compared to this plugin. There's a lot of overlap. My plan as a user was to remove tern and replace with atom-typescript.

I think we could simply document that users should disable tern if they want to use atom-typescript on JavaScript files.

[basarat]

It is now up for grabs. Also this project needs a new hero : #980 🌹