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Construct 3 Type Definitions as NPM Package #292

Open LuanHimmlisch opened 3 months ago

LuanHimmlisch commented 3 months ago

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Summary

The type definitions should be an NPM package to quickly and effortlessly update the definitions from an Add-on project

Possible workarounds or alternatives

Make a web scrapper that automatically downloads the typings

Proposed solution

Make a new repository and add it to NPM, it should contain all the typings up to date

Why is this idea important?

Having to download all the typings, and drag and drop the needed files just to sync them up with your addons if you need a new Construct feature is sluggish and archaic

Additional remarks

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AshleyScirra commented 2 months ago

With the latest releases in developer mode, you can choose Menu - Developer mode - Set up TypeScript for addon, select the folder for your addon, and it updates all type definitions for the addon. Were you aware that existed? It sounds like you've been doing something else.

LuanHimmlisch commented 2 months ago

@AshleyScirra I was misusing the "Set up TypeScript for addon" just on a blank folder to download all of them, since I got errors when selecting an addon folder.

Nonetheless, this workflow can't be automatized externally from the engine, having a more standard way of updating the type definitions, such as updating them through a package manager like NPM, would feel more comfortable to advanced developers and would allow building frameworks around them.