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Bhushan Gadekar
Bhushan Gadekar

Reputation: 13805

How typescript is converted to javascript in angular2?

I am learning angular2 with typescript.Its quite fascinating to work but I am facing trouble understanding the actual working of any application as the code we have written will be in typescript.but the code to be executed is always in ECMAScript.

I have heard about transpiler but couldnt understand more about it.

I was just wondering how this functionality has been achieved?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 6028

Answers (1)

Thierry Templier
Thierry Templier

Reputation: 202296

There are two ways to do that:

  • Transpiling on the fly (like how it's done in plunkr):

    <script>
  System.config({
    transpiler: 'typescript', 
    typescriptOptions: { emitDecoratorMetadata: true }, 
    packages: {
      'app': {
        defaultExtension: 'ts'
      }
    } 
  });
  (...)
</script>

    Here is a sample: https://plnkr.co/edit/aG4TdHbAls3cu04AAt64

  • Preprocess TypeScript files using the typeScript compiler. Then you only rely on compiled JavaScript files. Such approach is described in the 5min quickstart on angular.io: https://angular.io/guide/quickstart.

Upvotes: 3

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