Hi all! Are any of you using Typescript, and if so...
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Kristopher Wood
10/14/2025, 6:42 PMHi all! Are any of you using Typescript, and if so, what does your compile process look like? I'm starting from a completely clean environment and am looking into what others are doing instead of just spinning up my usual in case there's a better way out there.
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Anthony OConnor
10/14/2025, 6:46 PMI wanna say @darrenhillconsulting is a big TS user, so I'd listen to him... I know a lot of people use the hitc library to use TS in NS
https://github.com/headintheclouddev/typings-suitescript-2.0
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creece
10/14/2025, 6:47 PMsummon @Shawn Talbert
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Anthony OConnor
10/14/2025, 6:47 PMoh is it Shawn? was I mixing them up? 😬
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darrenhillconsulting
10/14/2025, 6:48 PMMy ears are on
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Kristopher Wood
10/14/2025, 6:49 PMYou guys are the best 😄
Kristopher Wood
10/14/2025, 6:50 PMI use the HITC library already for typings, just looking into what is the simplest most efficient way to build typescript to SuiteScript 2.1 these days
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darrenhillconsulting
10/14/2025, 6:51 PMI'll keep things simple. create/dev in a
typescriptsrcdarrenhillconsulting
10/14/2025, 6:52 PMtsconfig.netsuite.json,tsconfig.json
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Kristopher Wood
10/14/2025, 6:55 PMOk got that. What are you using to do the actual build? Just TSC?
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darrenhillconsulting
10/14/2025, 6:56 PMWhen I'm ready to deploy .. I use
tsc -p tsconfig.netsuite.jsontsck
Kristopher Wood
10/14/2025, 7:10 PMThat's rather painless. 🙂
Kristopher Wood
10/14/2025, 7:12 PMWhy the separate targets? Are you using an automated deployment pipeline?
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darrenhillconsulting
10/14/2025, 7:18 PMseparate targets?
darrenhillconsulting
10/14/2025, 7:23 PMScreenshot 2025-10-14 at 3.23.11 PM.png
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Kristopher Wood
10/14/2025, 7:25 PMsorry misspoke, I meant separate configs
Kristopher Wood
10/14/2025, 7:30 PMOk, I'm up and running, thank you!
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darrenhillconsulting
10/14/2025, 7:33 PMSpread the ts word ....
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Shawn Talbert
10/14/2025, 8:51 PMWe do it only a bit differently - keeping TS and JS files together and we deploy both to the NS file cabinet, single tsconfig.json
Shawn Talbert
10/14/2025, 8:52 PMperhaps worth noting that we're generally doing Account Customization projects, not SuiteApps
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Kristopher Wood
10/14/2025, 9:04 PMCool 🙂
Kristopher Wood
10/14/2025, 9:04 PMI'm working on a GUI SDF installer suitelet
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Kristopher Wood
10/14/2025, 9:05 PMso hopefully it'll support both account customizations and suiteapps eventually
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Geo
10/14/2025, 9:19 PMShould ts just be the standard or is there some tipping point where ts is necessary?
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Kristopher Wood
10/14/2025, 9:23 PMIn my experience it mostly helps with two things:
1. Forces me to keep my code sane/clean/readable
2. Works with the NetSuite typings module to provide additional autocomplete / insight in the IDE so you never have to wonder, "what were the arguments for that native SuiteScript function again?"
Kristopher Wood
10/14/2025, 9:27 PMOh and it lets me catch problems in my code in real time as I'm writing it
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Shawn Talbert
10/14/2025, 9:27 PMTS should be the standard because we are developing for a platform that runs remotely. Leveraging TS you can eliminate many coding errors before you even bother to upload the JS, resulting in a faster dev cycle.
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Shawn Talbert
10/14/2025, 9:27 PM(and more correct code 🙂 )
Shawn Talbert
10/14/2025, 9:28 PM@Kristopher Wood did you see the bundlet.com posted in another channel (I forget which)?
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Kristopher Wood
10/14/2025, 9:29 PMYeah, I saw it. Not sure if I'm reinventing the wheel or not haha
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Shawn Talbert
10/14/2025, 9:30 PMah, well maybe joining forces with Simon would be worth exploring, unless you just want to do something on thy own
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Kristopher Wood
10/14/2025, 9:32 PMI've messaged him, we'll see where that goes 🙂
Kristopher Wood
10/15/2025, 12:44 AMUgh, deep down at the core of the SuiteCloud CLI for Node is the SuiteCloud SDK, running as a Java VM which won't exist in NetSuite, No straight port for me! >.<
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Shawn Talbert
10/18/2025, 5:16 PMNetSuite itself is Java, so I hope that wasn't a surprise for thee
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Kristopher Wood
10/18/2025, 6:41 PMYeah not a surprise, but kind of a bummer for my current idea
Kristopher Wood
10/23/2025, 4:59 PMGot it working by writing an MCP server on my web server, then an integration suitelet for a front end. The MCP server runs the actual commands and the Suitelet handles the NetSuite record keeping and UI.
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Shawn Talbert
10/23/2025, 5:24 PMWas your goal to have it be AI driven?
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Kristopher Wood
10/23/2025, 5:49 PMMy goal was for AI to at least be able to read/explain things.
Kristopher Wood
10/23/2025, 5:50 PMDoesn't work with chatgpt though because it refuses to send credentials 😆
Kristopher Wood
10/23/2025, 6:39 PMI chose MCP though more because I thought it would be an interesting experiment to try building an integration that way.
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Shawn Talbert
10/23/2025, 6:39 PMAs long as you're careful some rogue AI doesn't latch onto your MCP server and wreak havoc, or something like that! 🙂
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Kristopher Wood
10/23/2025, 6:57 PMhaha yeah there will be credentials/encryption by the end 😄 just doing proof of concept at the moment
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