Hi. Im studying SuiteScript. Im thinking to use Ty...
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Ariel Añasco
08/10/2021, 8:33 AMHi. Im studying SuiteScript. Im thinking to use TypeScript for the script creation instead of the vanilla javascript. Is that ok? Will there be a problem if I use TypeSCript instead?
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NElliott
08/10/2021, 12:30 PMI don't personally use Typescript but I believe @stalbert is a big advocate and will likely advise.
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Ariel Añasco
08/10/2021, 12:38 PMIs it ok to use it?
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stalbert
08/10/2021, 1:43 PMThere is no problem using TypeScript for NetSuite scripting, and many benefits.
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Nicholas Penree
08/10/2021, 2:09 PM@stalbert do you have an sdf starter or project for using typescript in suitescript
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stalbert
08/10/2021, 3:48 PMyes, but it will take me time to provide a ZIP. The
readme at @hitc/netsuite-types is also reasonable.
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Nicholas Penree
08/10/2021, 4:13 PMI've done a little testing with typescript for suitescripts previously, ended up hitting friction with sourcemaps, including modules
Nicholas Penree
08/10/2021, 4:13 PMhaving multiple named defines in the transpiled source seemed to be problematic
Nicholas Penree
08/10/2021, 4:14 PMNetSuite doesn't handle sourcemaps really so stacktraces were hard to follow
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stalbert
08/10/2021, 4:57 PMIf you're doing SS2.1 the JS looks very similar to the TS source - I don't use sourcemaps at all.
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Ariel Añasco
08/11/2021, 2:07 AMdo you have any reference material to read on using it?
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stalbert
08/11/2021, 1:50 PMHere is a project skeleton. Unzip it, cd to the SS2 folder and run
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