New and Noteworthy 1.2.0
Here's a list of the most noteworthy things in the typescript.java 1.2.0 release which is available for download since 14/04/2017. You can see issues for 1.2.0
TypeScript 2.1.6 and 2.2.0 is available as embedded TypeScript. You can benefit with 2.1.6 like completion on path:
By default, The syntax coloring of the TypeScript Editor is very basic:
You can now have advanced syntax coloring like this:
To benefit with this advanced syntax coloring, you must activate TextMate support:
Here a sample with JSX:
If you activate Dark theme:
Your editor will look like this:
Technically, the TypeScript Editor consume a TypeScript TextMate grammar like VSCode does. It uses TM4E - TextMate support in Eclipse IDE which is an experimental project. It's not perfect and there are some bugs so please give us feedback, bugs at here!
Quick fixes are now available since TypeScript 2.1.4 provides the code fixes feature. Here a sample with TypeScript 2.2.0 which provides import code fix:
See Editor CodeFixes to see the available code fixes.
tslint integration works now with TypeScript Plugins. The tslint validation can be done when you are typing in the editor or when you compile TypeScript.
See TypeScript Plugins section to enable tslint.
Since TypeScript 2.1.0, TypeScript provides Open implementation feature that you can use with Ctrl+T:
Format can be done now when you save your TypeScript editor. To do that, you must activate the Save Actions from the TypeScript / Editor / Save Actions project properties:
Auto generated JSDoc comments feature is now available:
Here a basic demo with Automatic Type Acquisition (ATA):
See ATA for more information.
Compile on save is done now with tsserver which improves a lot performances.