@types/babel__generator

What is @types/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.

What are @types/babel__generator's main functionalities?

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'

Other packages similar to @types/babel__generator

@babel/generator

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.

typescript

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

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.

README

Installation

npm install --save @types/babel__generator

Summary

This package contains type definitions for @babel/generator (https://github.com/babel/babel/tree/master/packages/babel-generator).

Details

Files were exported from https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/master/types/babel__generator.

Additional Details

• Last updated: Thu, 03 Apr 2025 16:02:41 GMT
• Dependencies: @babel/types

Credits

These definitions were written by Troy Gerwien, Melvin Groenhoff, Cameron Yan, and Lyanbin.