A skeleton project for writing threejs demos/games/etc in TypeScript.
git clone git@github.com:mwcz/threejs-typescript.git
cd threejs-typescript
npm install
Start a development environment with automatic rebuilding and BrowserSync:
npm run watch
BrowserSync will automatically reload your browser when files change. No more manual refreshing! You can open the game in multiple browsers and they will all be refreshed together. Clicks will also be synchronized so you can test the game in several browsers at the same time.
To create a build in the build/ directory:
npm run build
If you haven't worked with TypeScript before, get excited! Try out the official tutorial.
The type definitions of external libraries are managed with typings. Type
definitions for both three.js and Lodash are included as examples, see
typings.json. Try typings search to find type definitions for other
libraries.
Two external libraries are included in this project: three.js and Lodash. They're both loaded from a CDN, for simplicity (no bower/webpack/browserify).
To include additional third party libraries, follow these two steps:
- add it to the
pathsobject in index.html - find and install its type definitions using
typings install theLibName*, then you canimportit into any .ts file, and make full use of its handy type definitions. - find it on cdnjs.com and add the path to
index.html
(*) If no type definition exists for the lib you want, you can still use it, just
include declare let MyLibName: any; instead of importing it. You won't get
the benefits of static typing, but the lib can still be used.