Support for typescript

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I'm looking into typescript and it looks like a useful tool for improving 
productivity (since you get really good code completion hints  and function 
lookup). But if the libraries one uses don't have a definition file (here's one 
for jquery, for example: 
http://typescript.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset/view/fe3bc0bfce1f#samples
%2fjquery%2fjquery.d.ts ), then it doesn't do you much good.

I'd like to request a definition file so that jsplumb supports typescript. I 
think that would be a great addition to the library.

If I do adopt typescript, I may implement one myself, but I need to understand 
the process a little better. Also, it would be better for the maintenance of 
such a file if this idea was adopted by the community. So I guess vote up this 
request if you want to see typescript support in jsplumb.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by pckuj...@gmail.com on 13 Nov 2012 at 6:46

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i'm not sure that i've got the time to look at this.  i can see how, if you 
were using typescript, it would be useful.  but i'm not sure that a lot of 
people are using typescript right now.  maybe i'm wrong.

Original comment by simon.po...@gmail.com on 14 Nov 2012 at 3:06

• Added labels: Type-Other
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

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Yeah, it's definitely an up-and-coming language that may not get wide adoption. 
I suppose if a dozen or more people star this issue, it would be an indicator 
that it's been accepted :)

Original comment by pckuj...@gmail.com on 14 Nov 2012 at 4:50

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i guess time will tell if it's actually up and coming or if it stays niche like 
so many of these types of endeavours. 

if a dozen people starred this issue that would actually be some kind of 
jsplumb record and might indicate typescript was actually about to take over 
the world...

i do like the idea of some kind of code assist thing for jsPlumb. i wonder if 
there are any emerging standards in the world of vanilla js.

Original comment by simon.po...@gmail.com on 14 Nov 2012 at 5:20

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Original comment by simon.po...@gmail.com on 22 Jan 2013 at 6:43

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Hi.

I couldn't find any type defs available for jsPlumb so I just went ahead and 
made one myself. It's just been merged on GitHub: 
https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped

It's only a very small subset of jsPlumb, it only covers what I've been using 
of it so far. It could do with improvements no doubt.

Hopefully it will get the ball rolling.

Steve

Original comment by stevenshearn on 7 Apr 2013 at 8:51