Config in Typescript with multiple files as source

Hello,

Is there any way to generate the config.js file using a config.ts file as source where other files could be imported to allow better configuration organization (the .js file can become quite big) and to allow having it using the model type IConfig ?

I’m not sure if there is a clean way to do this now nor how to implement the changes that would be needed in order to have that.

Cheers in advance!

[richard-fairthorne]

Just a final note:

to use multiple ts files, you will need to use a tool such as webpack, to combine all your sources into one — but because your config is it’s own separate project, you can use any tooling you choose.

[richard-fairthorne]

Assuming I want to use RESTool from CDN, and load a ts configuration file. How do I do it?

Anyone who writes a TS config file will use the typescript compiler to turn it into a JS file. Then they will deploy the normal way.

The benefit of the change is that they can rely on the interfaces of restool from their own project, where they generate their config file.

Here’s the flow expressed as shell commands.

# create a project
mkdir my-config
cd my-config
npm init .

# include the libraries
npm i -D restool

# edit your config with full type support, autocomplete and intellisense hinting
code config.ts 

# generate a JavaScript config file from your typescript 
tsc config.ts