better type information (typescript)

[maku]

Although arangojs is written in typescript the type information is not really super strong.

e.g. when working with collections (super class BaseCollection) there are several methods which return type "Promise<any>". (and so on...)

Also, not all types are accessible via importing from 'arangojs'
e.g. when I want to use the type 'ArrayCursor' I have to:

import { ArrayCursor } from 'arangojs/lib/async/cursor'; or
import { ArrayCursor } from 'arangojs/lib/cjs/cursor';

Would it be possible to provide better type information?

[pluma]

One of the primary goal for the next major release (7.0) will be improved typings.

Sadly this is fairly tedious and requires a lot of manual verification because the HTTP API docs are sometimes a bit ambiguous.

[maku]

@pluma glad to here that. Is there something like a roadmap for arangojs?

[pluma]

No but if it's any consolation arangojs 7 is exactly what I'm currently working on.

[maku]

Great, thank you

[maku]

@pluma Is there any repository (branch or something) which can already be used? Because of the typing stuff is really a pain...

[pluma]

You can check out and build the feature/next-major branch on this repo if you want. I'm hoping to get the release out the door by the end of the month.

[maku]

@pluma Any timeframe when this (v7) will be released?

[NicolasDuran]

@pluma Thank you for the great work !
Do you have any idea when v7 will be released ?

Thank you again !

[maku]

@pluma Can you please give us an update about the typescript support? Current situation is far away from good. (BTW, is this an "official" ArangoDb project?)

[dsonet]

@pluma I suggest that you release alpha or beta versions so we can try it out easier and could help to polish it better sooner.
Thank you.