[Question] Is there any way to transpile to vanilla js? No commonjs or adm.

[ericmdantas]

Hello!

I'm trying to build a module that the user (developer) will consume by either using:

• Pure javascript: He'll have my class loaded in the global scope, for example.
• Commonjs: He'll be able to call it using require - and maybe with SystemJS.
• AMD: He'll be able to use it with RequireJS and maybe with SystemJS.
• ES6: He'll be able to use it with the ES6 syntax.

So, right now I'm using gulp-typescript to transpile my code to the dist folder. I transpile once for commonjs, once for amd, once for es6.. but it seems that there's no way to transpile to pure Javascript (other than using the module syntax inside my .ts file).

Is there any way to accomplish this?

Thanks in advance!

[LPGhatguy]

For vanilla case, CommonJS and AMD, you could wrap your code in a UMD loader.

I'm fairly sure that detecting ES6 loading capability is still an unsolved problem.

[DanielRosenwasser]

As per #2036 we'll have the umd option for the --module flag in 1.5, but I don't think it covers the "standard JS" case.

[ericmdantas]

@LPGhatguy, @DanielRosenwasser: well, I'll have to wait for 1.5 then.

Do you guys know if SystemJS compatibility is also target for 1.5?

[DanielRosenwasser]

Do you guys know if SystemJS compatibility is also target for 1.5?

Yes I do and yes it is. 😄

Also see our list of compiler options.

[ericmdantas]

Awesome!

Thank you!