Types can be in sub-folder. As long as the type entried just points to the path
https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/declaration-files/publishing.html <https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/declaration-files/publishing.html> Mike Hartington > On Jan 9, 2017, at 5:38 PM, Victor Sosa <sosah.vic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > +1... I love this idea! Will help a lot to static analysis tools and IDEs. > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 3:56 PM Shazron <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks for bringing this up Vladimir, >> +1 -- but does the .ts definition need to be in the root? I'd rather it be >> in a subfolder (either an existing one like 'www' or a new one) >> >> On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 5:23 AM, Vladimir Kotikov (Akvelon) < >> v-vlk...@microsoft.com> wrote: >> >>> Hey, everybody! >>> >>> I’d like to propose/discuss the idea of redistributing Typescript >>> definitions along with core plugins, so that users who write their apps >> in >>> Typescript would get the typings in their projects without additional >> mess >>> with 'tsd'/'typings' (these all are the package managers for typescript >>> declarations) or manual installation from '@types' NPM org. >>> >>> As mentioned above, our main goal - to reduce the number of additional >>> actions needed to either add the plugin to Typescript project or get the >>> types information and intellisense for JavaScript projects. Also, this >>> would reduce the number of network calls to other services (typings >>> registry, NPM registry) which are known as common points of denial (per >>> telemetry data). >>> >>> The changes are pretty minimal and include adding a d.ts file with type >>> definitions (taken from DefinitelyTyped[1]) and 'types' entry to >>> package.json according to Typescript convention [2]. The sample >>> implementation for camera plugin is here: https://github.com/apache/ >>> cordova-plugin-camera/compare/master...vladimir-kotikov:add-typings >>> >>> Does anyone have any considerations/objections about this proposal? >>> >>> - >>> [1] https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/blob/master/ >>> cordova-plugin-camera/index.d.ts >>> [2] http://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/declaration- >>> files/publishing.html >>> >>> - >>> Best regards, Vladimir >>> >>> >>> >>> - >>> Best regards, Vladimir >>> >>> >>> >>
