Compile TypeScript in Grunt
BasePath option has been deprecated. Method for determining an output directory has been changed in the same way as the TSC. Please re-set output directory with the new rootDir option or use keepDirectoryHierachy option.However, keepDirectoryHierachy option would not be available long.
You'll need to install grunt-typescript first:
npm install grunt-typescript --save-dev
or add the following line to devDependencies in your package.json
"grunt-typescript": "",
Then modify your Gruntfile.js file by adding the following line:
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-typescript');Then add some configuration for the plugin like so:
grunt.initConfig({
...
typescript: {
base: {
src: ['path/to/typescript/files/**/*.ts'],
dest: 'where/you/want/your/js/files',
options: {
module: 'amd', //or commonjs
target: 'es5', //or es3
basePath: 'path/to/typescript/files',
sourceMap: true,
declaration: true
}
}
},
...
});If you want to create a js file that is a concatenation of all the ts file (like -out option from tsc), you should specify the name of the file with the '.js' extension to dest option.
grunt.initConfig({
...
typescript: {
base: {
src: ['path/to/typescript/files/**/*.ts'],
dest: 'where/you/want/your/js/file.js',
options: {
module: 'amd', //or commonjs
}
}
},
...
});type: boolean
Do not include a default lib.d.ts with global declarations
type: string
Specify ECMAScript target version: 'ES3' (default), 'ES5', or 'ES6' (experimental)
type: string
Specify module code generation: "commonjs" (default) or "amd"
type: boolean
Generates corresponding .map files
type: boolean
Generates corresponding .d.ts file
type: boolean
Do not emit comments to output.
type: boolean
Warn on expressions and declarations with an implied 'any' type.
type: boolean
Skip resolution and preprocessing.
type: boolean
Do not erase const enum declarations in generated code.
type: boolean
Do not emit outputs if any type checking errors were reported. The default for this option is set to true for backwards compatibility.
type: boolean
Suppress noImplicitAny errors for indexing objects lacking index signatures.
type: string
Path component to cut off when mapping the source files to dest files.
type: boolean
Path component to cut off when mapping the source files to dest files.
grunt.initConfig({
...
typescript: {
base: {
src: ['path/to/typescript/files/**/*.ts'],
dest: 'bin'
options: {
keepDirectoryHierarchy: true
}
}
},
...
});If keepDirectoryHierarchy option is true, it is output as follows.
/bin
- /path
--- /to
----- /typescript
------- /files
--------- *.ts
If keepDirectoryHierarchy option is false or not set, it is output as follows. It is same way as the tsc.
/bin
- *.ts
###generateTsConfig
type: string | boolean
generateTsConfig option will generate the content and equivalent tsconfig.json that are specified in the option. The value specify the directory name to be output. It is output to the current directory when you specify true.
type: string | string[]
Set auto reference libraries.
grunt.initConfig({
...
typescript: {
base: {
src: ['path/to/typescript/files/**/*.ts'],
options: {
references: [
"core", //lib.core.d.ts
"dom", //lib.dom.d.ts
"scriptHost", //lib.scriptHost.d.ts
"webworker", //lib.webworker.d.ts
"path/to/reference/files/**/*.d.ts"
]
}
}
},
...
});type: string | boolean | { path?:<string | string[]``>; before?: <string|string[]>; after?: <`string` | `string[]>; atBegin: boolean }
Watch .ts files. It runs very quickly the second time since the compilation. It is because you only want to read and output file is limited.
Specify the directory where you want to monitor in the options.
grunt.initConfig({
...
typescript: {
base: {
src: ['path/to/typescript/files/**/*.ts'],
options: {
watch: 'path/to/typescript/files' //or ['path/to/typescript/files1', 'path/to/typescript/files2']
}
}
},
...
});If you specify the true, then automatically detects the directory.
grunt.initConfig({
...
typescript: {
base: {
src: ['path/to/typescript/files/**/*.ts'],
options: {
watch: true //Detect all target files root. eg: 'path/to/typescript/files/'
}
}
},
...
});For expansion of the future, You can also be specified 'object'.
grunt.initConfig({
...
typescript: {
base: {
src: ['path/to/typescript/files/**/*.ts'],
options: {
watch: {
path: 'path/to/typescript/files', //or ['path/to/typescript/files1', 'path/to/typescript/files2']
before: ['beforetasks'], //Set before tasks. eg: clean task
after: ['aftertasks'] //Set after tasks. eg: minify task
atBegin: true //Run tasks when watcher starts. default false
}
}
}
},
...
});※I'm sorry for poor English