Last release was 6 months ago... is the project dead?

[devlato]

Last release was 6 months ago... is the project dead?

[EvilCodeMorty]

I don't know. The previous problem can't be solved by switching versions. It's over

[richardsimko]

We transitioned to tsx and haven't looked back

[tkodev]

We transitioned to tsx and haven't looked back

Jest still uses ts-node unfortunately, so if you're using jest you're out of luck.

[richardsimko]

We use @swc/jest to do TS -> JS transformation, while Jest still installs ts-node it's not actually used for anything in this case (And as a bonus it's much faster)

[devlato]

@koheiio @richardsimko thanks. Neither tsx nor swc do type-checking our of the box though.
At the same time, ts-node does, which makes it a perfect choice for running stuff locally and for building CI automation and developer tools.

[tkodev]

What I'm struggling with on my end is jest uses ts-node to read tsconfigs, which means latest typescript things like an array for the "extends" property isn't supported, and subpath imports/export resolution.

If you have come across this problem and solved it, it would greatly make my life less painless! I hope there news about ts-node, whether it be good or bad.

In the meantime, I'll check out swc/jest

[vboginskey]

If you have come across this problem and solved it, it would greatly make my life less painless!

Not a great option, but you can:

1. Check out the latest commit.
2. Package it yourself with yarn pack.
3. Put the resulting package.tgz into a package repo of your choice, or commit it to your project repo.
4. Use the file: protocol in your package.json to consume it (if committed to repo).

This fixes the bug that otherwise prevents you from using an array extends in tsconfig.json.

[erayhanoglu]

We transitioned to tsx and haven't looked back

If i am not wrong, tsx and swc do not support typescript decorators. We strongly uses decorators.

[cjnoname]

We transitioned to tsx and haven't looked back

If i am not wrong, tsx and swc do not support typescript decorators. We strongly uses decorators.

swc supports decorators well, while tsx doesn't support

[MuTsunTsai]

My only problem with tsx is that it is based on esbuild which drops all comments on transpiling (and accordingly the author have no plans to change that), and that makes /* istanbul ignore */ comments fail to work, leading to false coverage scores.