Vuejs and TypeScript- Working Together like Peanut Butter and Jelly

Using a JavaScript library with no TypeScript support? Learn a prioritized hierarchy of techniques to safely integrate it into your Vue project.

#1about 3 minutes

Comparing Vue with other popular SPA frameworks

Vue.js is a SPA framework that prioritizes developer productivity and an easy learning curve compared to Angular and React.

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Creating a new Vue project with the Vue CLI

The Vue CLI provides an interactive prompt to scaffold a new project with features like TypeScript, Vue Router, and testing frameworks.

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Understanding the value of TypeScript for code clarity

TypeScript helps answer "did I call it correctly?" by adding optional type hints that prevent common errors and clarify function signatures.

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How to start using TypeScript in a project

Begin using TypeScript by renaming .js files to .ts and adding optional type annotations to functions and variables to express intent.

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Setting up a Vue project with TypeScript enabled

A Vue CLI-generated project includes a tsconfig.json file, and TypeScript is enabled in components by adding lang="ts" to the script tag.

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Integrating the Vuetify UI library with TypeScript

To use a JavaScript library like Vuetify in a TypeScript project, you may need to add its specific type definitions to the project configuration.

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Using type casting for component references

When TypeScript doesn't recognize methods on a component reference, you can cast the reference to a specific type or custom interface for type safety.

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Creating custom type declaration files for JavaScript libraries

For libraries without types, you can create a .d.ts file to manually declare the module and define the functions you use.

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Using DefinitelyTyped for community type definitions

The DefinitelyTyped project provides thousands of community-maintained type declaration packages, installable via npm as @types/package-name.

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Generating declaration files with the TypeScript compiler

The TypeScript compiler (tsc) can automatically generate a basic .d.ts declaration file from a JavaScript file to get you started.

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A prioritized summary of techniques for using JS libraries

A hierarchy of strategies for integrating JavaScript libraries includes using built-in types, DefinitelyTyped, custom declarations, generation, and casting.

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