When using a 3rd party Web Component (Custom Element) without an accompanying .d.ts file in JSX, one needs to use Typescript’s Module Augmentation to add the custom element to JSX’s table of known elements.
This minimal repo. contains two different projects using the same Web Component (<stop-watch> from https://webcomponents.guide/learn/). The folder preact-webcomponent contains a plain preact-vite project, bootstrapped via the preact-cli, with the <stop-watch> component served from the /public folder. In the fresh-webcomponent folder there is a Deno Fresh project using the same web component served from the static folder. Both projects do not use a .d.ts file for the Web Component, however, both do use Typescript’s Module Augmentation to add the <stop-watch> element to the JSX namespace.
The Preact project will happy accept the Web Component, render in the client and not show any errors in VSCode. The Deno Fresh project will render the Web Component in the client but complains about not knowing about the <stop-watch> element in VSCode.
Make sure to install node.js (recommended to install via nvm) and enter the preact-webcomponent folder.
Install and start the project:
npm i && npm run dev
Make sure to install Deno and enter the fresh-webcomponent folder.
Then start the project:
deno task start