# TypeScript library starter
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A starter project that makes creating a TypeScript library extremely easy.
### Usage
```bash
git clone https://github.com/alexjoverm/typescript-library-starter.git YOURFOLDERNAME
cd YOURFOLDERNAME
# Run npm install and write your library name when asked. That's all!
npm install
```
**Start coding!** `package.json` and entry files are already set up for you, so don't worry about
linking to your main file, typings, etc. Just keep those files with the same names.
### Features
- Zero-setup. After running `npm install` things will be setup for you :wink:
- **[RollupJS](https://rollupjs.org/)** for multiple optimized bundles following the
[standard convention](http://2ality.com/2017/04/setting-up-multi-platform-packages.html) and
[Tree-shaking](https://alexjoverm.github.io/2017/03/06/Tree-shaking-with-Webpack-2-TypeScript-and-Babel/).
- Tests, coverage and interactive watch mode using **[Jest](http://facebook.github.io/jest/)**
- **[Prettier](https://github.com/prettier/prettier)** and
**[TSLint](https://palantir.github.io/tslint/)** for code formatting and consistency.
- **Docs automatic generation and deployment** to `gh-pages`, using
**[TypeDoc](http://typedoc.org/)**
- Automatic types `(*.d.ts)` file generation
- **[Travis](https://travis-ci.org)** integration and **[Coveralls](https://coveralls.io/)** report
- (Optional) **Automatic releases and changelog**, using
[Semantic release](https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release),
[Commitizen](https://github.com/commitizen/cz-cli),
[Conventional changelog](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog) and
[Husky](https://github.com/typicode/husky) (for the git hooks)
### Excluding peerDependencies
On library development, one might want to set some peer dependencies, and thus remove those from the
final bundle. You can see in [Rollup docs](https://rollupjs.org/#peer-dependencies) how to do that.
The good news is here is setup for you, you only must include the dependency name in `external`
property within `rollup.config.js`. For example, if you wanna exclude `lodash`, just write there
`external: ['lodash']`.
### NPM scripts
- `npm t`: Run test suite
- `npm start`: Runs `npm run build` in watch mode
- `npm run test:watch`: Run test suite in
[interactive watch mode](http://facebook.github.io/jest/docs/cli.html#watch)
- `npm run test:prod`: Run linting and generate coverage
- `npm run build`: Generage bundles and typings, create docs
- `npm run lint`: Lints code
- `npm run commit`: Commit using conventional commit style
([husky](https://github.com/typicode/husky) will tell you to use it if you haven't :wink:)
### Automatic releases
If you'd like to have automatic releases with Semantic Versioning, follow these simple steps.
_**Prerequisites**: you need to create/login accounts and add your project to:_
- npm
- Travis
- Coveralls
Run the following command to prepare hooks and stuff:
```bash
npm run semantic-release-prepare
```
Follow the console instructions to install semantic release run it (answer NO to "Generate
travis.yml").
_Note: make sure you've setup `repository.url` in your `package.json` file_
```bash
npm install -g semantic-release-cli
semantic-release setup
# IMPORTANT!! Answer NO to "Generate travis.yml" question. Is already prepared for you :P
```
From now on, you'll need to use `npm run commit`, which is a convenient way to create conventional
commits.
Automatic releases are possible thanks to
[semantic release](https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release), which publishes your code
automatically on github and npm, plus generates automatically a changelog. This setup is highly
influenced by
[Kent C. Dodds course on egghead.io](https://egghead.io/courses/how-to-write-an-open-source-javascript-library)
### Git Hooks
There is already set a `precommit` hook for formatting your code with Prettier :nail_care:
By default, there are 2 disabled git hooks. They're set up when you run the
`npm run semantic-release-prepare` script. They make sure:
- You follow a
[conventional commit message](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog)
- Your build is not gonna fail in [Travis](https://travis-ci.org) (or your CI server), since it's
runned locally before `git push`
This makes more sense in combination with [automatic releases](#automatic-releases)
### FAQ
#### `Array.prototype.from`, `Promise`, `Map`... is undefined?
TypeScript or Babel only provides down-emits on syntactical features (`class`, `let`,
`async/away`...), but not on functional features (`Array.prototype.find`, `Set`, `Promise`...), .
For that, you need Polyfills, such as [`core-js`](https://github.com/zloirock/core-js) or
[`babel-polyfill`](https://babeljs.io/docs/usage/polyfill/) (which extends `core-js`).
For a library, `core-js` plays very nicely, since you can import just the polyfills you need:
```javascript
import "core-js/fn/array/find"
import "core-js/fn/string/includes"
import "core-js/fn/promise"
...
```
#### What is `npm install` doing the first time runned?
It runs the script `tools/init` which sets up everything for you. In short, it:
- Configures RollupJS for the build, which creates the bundles.
- Configures `package.json` (typings file, main file, etc)
- Renames main src and test files
#### What if I don't want git-hooks, automatic releases or semantic-release?
Then you may want to:
- Remove `commitmsg`, `postinstall` scripts from `package.json`. That will not use those git hooks
to make sure you make a conventional commit
- Remove `npm run semantic-release` from `.travis.yml`
#### What if I don't want to use coveralls or report my coverage?
Remove `npm run report-coverage` from `.travis.yml`
## Credits
Made with :heart: by [@alexjoverm](https://twitter.com/alexjoverm) and all these wonderful
contributors ([emoji key](https://github.com/all-contributors/all-contributors#emoji-key)):
| [
Ciro](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ciro-ivan-agullรณ-guarinos-42109376)
[๐ป](https://github.com/alexjoverm/typescript-library-starter/commits?author=k1r0s 'Code') [๐ง](#tool-k1r0s 'Tools') | [
Marius Schulz](https://blog.mariusschulz.com)
[๐](https://github.com/alexjoverm/typescript-library-starter/commits?author=mariusschulz 'Documentation') | [
Alexander Odell](https://github.com/alextrastero)
[๐](https://github.com/alexjoverm/typescript-library-starter/commits?author=alextrastero 'Documentation') | [
Ryan Ham](https://github.com/superamadeus)
[๐ป](https://github.com/alexjoverm/typescript-library-starter/commits?author=superamadeus 'Code') | [
Chi](https://consiiii.me)
[๐ป](https://github.com/alexjoverm/typescript-library-starter/commits?author=ChinW 'Code') [๐ง](#tool-ChinW 'Tools') [๐](https://github.com/alexjoverm/typescript-library-starter/commits?author=ChinW 'Documentation') | [
Matt Mazzola](https://github.com/mattmazzola)
[๐ป](https://github.com/alexjoverm/typescript-library-starter/commits?author=mattmazzola 'Code') [๐ง](#tool-mattmazzola 'Tools') | [
Sergii Lischuk](http://leefrost.github.io)
[๐ป](https://github.com/alexjoverm/typescript-library-starter/commits?author=Leefrost 'Code') |
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Steve Lee](http;//opendirective.com)
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Flavio Corpa](http://flaviocorpa.com)
[๐ป](https://github.com/alexjoverm/typescript-library-starter/commits?author=kutyel 'Code') | [
Dom](https://github.com/foreggs)
[๐ง](#tool-foreggs 'Tools') |
This project follows the [all-contributors](https://github.com/all-contributors/all-contributors)
specification. Contributions of any kind welcome!