@types/babel__generator
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TypeScript definitions for @babel/generator
The @types/babel__generator package provides TypeScript type definitions for the babel-generator package, which is part of the Babel toolchain. Babel-generator is responsible for generating code from an Abstract Syntax Tree (AST). The types in this package allow TypeScript users to work with babel-generator in a type-safe manner, ensuring that the code they write is compatible with the expected inputs and outputs of the babel-generator functions.
Generating code from an AST
This feature allows you to generate code from an AST node. The example demonstrates generating a simple expression '5 + 3' from its AST representation.
import { generate } from 'babel-generator';
import * as t from '@babel/types';
const ast = t.binaryExpression('+', t.numericLiteral(5), t.numericLiteral(3));
const output = generate(ast);
console.log(output.code); // Outputs: '5 + 3'This is the actual implementation of the code generation functionality in the Babel toolchain. @types/babel__generator provides TypeScript types for this package. It directly generates code from ASTs, similar to what the types describe for TypeScript users.
While not a direct alternative, TypeScript itself offers capabilities to transform and generate code through its compiler API. It serves a broader purpose than @types/babel__generator but includes functionality to manipulate and output code from ASTs, similar to what Babel does.
Prettier is a code formatter that supports many languages and frameworks. Although it doesn't generate code from ASTs, it can reformat the generated code to meet style guidelines, complementing the code generation process by ensuring the output is both correct and stylistically consistent.
npm install --save @types/babel__generator
This package contains type definitions for @babel/generator (https://github.com/babel/babel/tree/master/packages/babel-generator).
Files were exported from https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/master/types/babel__generator.
These definitions were written by Troy Gerwien, Melvin Groenhoff, Cameron Yan, and Lyanbin.
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TypeScript definitions for @babel/generator
We found that @types/babel__generator demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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