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dts-gen

dts-gen creates starter TypeScript definition files for any module or library.

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What it is

dts-gen creates starter TypeScript definition files for any module or library.

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

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HN mentions by year3 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2017-09-17 20:05:34 UTC to 2020-05-13 21:25:33 UTC.

0122017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments20172018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments20182019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2020

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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WorldMaker·Nov 9, 2017
Typescript has inference for "plain" JS files if you use the `--allowJS` flag. That inference is also made available more directly in dts-gen [1], which is a tool built around Typescript inferencing that produces decent first pass type definition files for a library. dts-gen may be something to try the next time you need a definition file. (Personally, I still prefer to start a new definition file by hand, but it's good to have an automated option, even if only to double-check your work.) [1] https://github.com/Microsoft/dts-gen
In Fast and precise type checking for JavaScript

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