Generator-typescript-modern-webapp NPM

generator-typescript-modern-webapp

This is an usual typescript web aplication generator, that contains simple nodejs http-server, webpack module bundler with awesome-typescript-loader plugin and pre-installed jQuery library

What's new?

1.0.5 - Now it supports testing framework Alsatian. Yeah, for now you can test you app in xUnit (JUnit, NUnit) style! All you need is keep your test files in test directory and run npm test or Run Test task in VS Code. PS: By default Alsatian package doesn't contain typescript test runner, but generated project does.

Installation

First, install Yeoman and generator-typescript-modern-webapp using npm (we assume you have pre-installed node.js).

npm install -g yo
npm install -g generator-typescript-modern-webapp

Then generate your new project:

yo typescript-modern-webapp

Generated project structure

src - is a root folder with your typescript code. Where main.js just makes jquery global and calls static main() method of the Program class. Program class using as an entry point of your web application (Like in Java or C#)

public - is a root folder for your web application

public/js - contains transpilled javascript code and source maps (due to which you can debug your typescript code)

public/css - contains custom css styles. Style.css importing a CSS reset

Using a template

You need to run console utilities http-server and webpack in separate processes. If you are visual studio code user just run the appropriate tasks (that project contains by default). After it you can see result by adress localhost:8080. If you are vs code user you can press F5 and debug your application with breakpoint and other stuff