Typescript support

[aleks-sidorenko]

Is there a way to write tests in typescript without compiling it manually before testing? Some kind of typescript preprocessor?
I know it is possible to write tests in coffee, is it possible to do same with typescript?

[juliemr]

At the moment, we have no special support for this. I'd be happy to take a look at a PR adding functionality if someone was interested.

[omer727]

Aleks,
What's is your exact problem with running the compiler?
We are writing our tests with typescript, compiles them automatically to javascript, and running them on protractor.

Hi all ! I don't know if this is the right place to write down this question, but I'm having some problems to run tests writen using Typescript in different classes.
I want to abstract some common parts of all my test to a base test class, and then extend it from my spec files. Everything compiles correctly, but it fails when executes js files, where the prototype is not defined.

Any help on this ?

[elgalu]

Should be "Typescript support" or "Typescript rewrite"?
Given angular 2.0 will be in TS maybe Protractor should be fully rewritten in TS ;)

[AbraaoAlves]

@elgalu maybe, but for now, we can create definitions files from jsdoc. With this https://www.npmjs.com/package/typescript-closure-tools

In my typescript projects I use tsd to manage my definitions files, includes angular-protractor. The big problem in definition files is that they are part of project independent, although they were always synchronized, even if manually!

A tool to generate here a "protractor.d.ts" will be great help for everyone.

[juliemr]

Update here - I think a typescript rewrite is probably a far-future goal, that wouldn't give us a lot of immediate benefit.

However - we should absolutely include typescript definition files in our package. That's a high priority.