Setup a Typescript project with classes shared between client and server apps?

Question

I currently have a solution with two projects. ServerApp (nodejs NTVS) and BrowserApp (Html Typescript application).

I wish to share classes between both projects and get immediate intellisense.

How to do that ?

PS: for those how know GWT, what I want is similar to the shared project.

bokan · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-28 08:05:13Z

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I managed to do it this way :

create a third project named SharedClasses (I used HTML Typescript template)
add my shared classes in it
add a shared_reference.ts file with references to those classes files
add a link to the reference.ts file in ServerApp and BrowserApp projects that point to shared_reference.ts

/// <reference path="../SharedClasses/shared_reference.ts" />

Autocompletion works, F12 too...

answered Aug 27, 2014 at 12:06

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basarat · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-28 00:07:15Z

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If you use an external build tool e.g grunt-ts its easier. For a demo check out : https://github.com/basarat/demo-fullstack

  var commonFiles = "common/**/*.ts";
  var serverFiles = ["server/**/*.ts", commonFiles];
  var clientFiles = ["client/**/*.ts", commonFiles];

answered Aug 28, 2014 at 0:07

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