This template should help get you started developing InRiver HTML Templates with Svelte and TypeScript in Vite.
Download the template with degit (replace {name} with whatever you wish)
npx degit snidd/irt-svelte {name}
Then start local development with npm run dev
and npm run build
to create single index.html with everything embedded.
Why global.d.ts
instead of compilerOptions.types
inside jsconfig.json
or tsconfig.json
?
Setting compilerOptions.types
shuts out all other types not explicitly listed in the configuration. Using triple-slash references keeps the default TypeScript setting of accepting type information from the entire workspace, while also adding svelte
and vite/client
type information.
Why include .vscode/extensions.json
?
Other templates indirectly recommend extensions via the README, but this file allows VS Code to prompt the user to install the recommended extension upon opening the project.
Why enable allowJs
in the TS template?
While allowJs: false
would indeed prevent the use of .js
files in the project, it does not prevent the use of JavaScript syntax in .svelte
files. In addition, it would force checkJs: false
, bringing the worst of both worlds: not being able to guarantee the entire codebase is TypeScript, and also having worse typechecking for the existing JavaScript. In addition, there are valid use cases in which a mixed codebase may be relevant.