[DEV] Use TypeScript to develop WoW

[FrancescoBorzi]

Since using LUA one can write code for both the WoW client and the server (using Eluna), I thought it would be interesting to know that whenever you used LUA before, you can now use TypeScript thanks to this transpiler:

https://typescripttolua.github.io

A generic TypeScript to Lua transpiler. Write your code in TypeScript and publish Lua!

TypeScript is a modern language. According to Stackoverflow it was one of the most loved languages of 2018. I've been using it a work and I'm quite happy with it.

@AyaseCore @Helias @deku

[vendethiel]

The link has extra things after the closing /.

The project is interesting, but typing some APIs can be a bit of a challenge. We (2 people on the wow addons discord) experimented with Haxe, and this is what I had to write to get type-safety with the Lua APIs.

On retail, there's a way to get .lua files with XXXInfo, describing some APIs. I wrote a parser for that, but I think they only documented the newest API additions this way, so codegen from this wouldn't be all that helpful.

[BarbzYHOOL]

We (2 people on the wow addons discord)

What is the link?

[vendethiel]

Here: http://discord.me/addons

There’s a new channel for legacy addon, just have to select the role in #welcome