In this course, Creating a Type Declaration File in TypeScript, you’ll learn how to create declaration files which provide type information when using JavaScript libraries. First, you’ll learn exactly what declaration files are for and see how they can be generated automatically by the compiler, as well as how they can be enhanced with JSDoc. Next, you’ll discover how to create declaration files manually for all of the most common kinds of libraries like those based on browser globals, or those based on modules. Finally, you’ll see how you can publish declaration files to the public DefinitelyTyped repository to share your declaration files with the world. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge to use create declaration files for any kind of library that you might want to use in your next project.
Author Name: Dan Wellman
Author Description:
Dan Wellman is a web developer, author, and course instructor from the UK. He has been a developer for just over 15 years, and has been writing and making videos about his experiences for almost as long. He has written 10 books about JavaScript libraries and TypeScript, and produced around 50 video courses on front-end development. He is currently a Senior UI Developer for Hazeltree Treasury Solutions, and lives on the South Coast of the UK with his wife and four children.

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  1min
• Declaration File Basics
  17mins
• Creating Declaration Files Manually
  33mins
• Publishing Declaration Files
  16mins