Moving to typescript

[bastienrobert]

I'm thinking of opening a PR to move the code to typescript (or at least generate typings and put them in DefinitelyTyped).
I think there might be some limitations due to the new API, regarding the new methods added to the Alpine object.

I've already converted the codebase and generated the types, there's still a bit of work to do on the bundler, but I think it's a good start.
https://github.com/bastienrobert/async-alpine/tree/feat/move-to-typescript

[Accudio]

Hi @bastienrobert.

I appreciate the effort but I will not accept a PR to convert the project to Typescript. For various reasons I won't get into here, I do not personally use or want to use Typescript on this project.

That said, I believe it is possible for a library based on JS to ship types that give hints and make it more usable as a dependency within Typescript projects. It's something that's been on my backlog to look into for a while as I'm not sure on exact details, but I haven't got around to it.
I would be open to including type definitions for that purpose if it's something you wanted to add, but no Typescript compilation step.

Thanks!

[Accudio]

Actually I think what I was saying with shipping types is what you've suggested with:

(or at least generate typings and put them in DefinitelyTyped).

Have I understood that correctly? Definitely happy with including/providing types for those that use Typescript.

[bastienrobert]

@Accudio I just pushed a PR here: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/pull/71462/files, can you review it?

[Accudio]

@bastienrobert I appreciate that, I do not think it's of value for me to review it. I haven't worked with Typescript, and this is the first I've heard of DefinitelyTyped so I cannot provide a meaningful review compared to a maintainer.

Looks like it may be approved regardless which is great. Thank you!

[Accudio]

Closing this discussion off as I don't believe there's anything more to discuss here, but feel free to correct me if appropriate!