grunt-ts

grunt-ts

A written from scratch TypeScript compiler task for GruntJS.

It differs from grunt-typescript and grunt-type in two key ways:

• This is written in TypeScript 0.9
• It is super easy to extend and update
• it simply uses tsc on the commandline.
• Super short and clear typescript code.

Check out the complete code: https://github.com/basarat/grunt-ts/blob/master/tasks/ts.ts

Compiles all files. Stops on a compilation error reporting it on the console. Makes for easier view.

The npm package is available here : https://npmjs.org/package/grunt-ts

Documentation

You'll need to install grunt-ts first:

npm install grunt-ts

Then modify your grunt.js file by adding the following line:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-ts');

Then add some configuration for the plugin like so:

grunt.initConfig({
    ...
    ts: {
        options: {                    // use to override the default options, See : http://gruntjs.com/configuring-tasks#options
            target: 'es3',            // es3 (default) / or es5
            module: 'commonjs',       // amd (default), commonjs
            sourcemap: true,          // true  (default) | false
            declaration: false,       // true | false  (default)
            nolib: false,             // true | false (default)
            comments: false           // true | false (default)
        },
        dev: {                          // a particular target   
            src: ["test/work/**/*.ts"], // The source typescript files, See : http://gruntjs.com/configuring-tasks#files
            reference: "./test/",       // If specified, generate a reference.ts file at this place                
            out: 'test/out.js',         // If specified, generate an out.js file which is the merged js file              
            options: {                  // override the main options, See : http://gruntjs.com/configuring-tasks#options
                sourcemap: true,
                declaration: true
            },
        },
        build: {                        // another target 
            src: ["test/fail/*.ts"],
            options: {                  // overide the main options for this target 
                sourcemap: false,
            }
        },
    },
    ...
});