TypeScript for Code Resources?

[Anachron]

Hey I'm not sure whether this has been discussed yet, but I was asking myself if TypeScript resources are allowed on Hive? If not, should we allow such resources?

I'm currently programming my resources in TypeScript, so naturally I want to know whether I can publish them here later or not.

 

[Ralle]

TypeScript is 1337. We should definitely support it.

Is this both spells and JASS resources?

It strikes me that spells might have both the TS version and the "compiled" JASS/Lua version and the user can pick whatever version they want. Is that the case?

 

[Anachron]

I'm not too sure we should ship the LUA version separately, because it's not up to the standard as purely written LUA scripts.

Also I've realized that this question may be generalized as more languages based on LUA evolve around the Warcraft ecosystem.

 

[TriggerHappy]

With the current resource system I'm not sure how uploading pure TypeScript code would work. Distributing TypeScript demo maps with the compiled Lua would work for showcasing, however the changes would be overwritten when saving in the editor. Also, the compiled Lua wouldn't be very portable. TypeScript resources would essentially only work in maps that are already using TypeScript. You might be able to get them to work maps that are already using Lua with some manual work though.

You can publish your TS code to NPM and projects can use that code by adding it to their project dependencies (npm install package-name for example). I guess when uploading a spell or system you can simply explain that in the installation instructions.

For people who are interested in how this works, you can take a look at the Warcraft III TypeScript Template: cipherxof/wc3-ts-template

 

[Ralle]

So what exactly do you propose I change on the site to allow this?