Hello Andreas, Yes, this clarifies a lot. The fact that you'll still use Closure Compiler and a mean of typing is reassuring. For me, well for my existing projects, I'll simply need to be patient and see how things turn out in OL and migrate accordingly. For new projects, I'll look more into the new possibilities. For example, I never used TypeScript, but it seems like a good thing to try to deal with typing the code. I'll give this a try.
I'll definitively continue watching the progression towards OL 5. Thank you very much for the answer, Alexandre Dubé On Monday, 15 January 2018 11:10:02 UTC-5, Andreas Hocevar wrote: > > Hi Alexandre, > > there will be no externs/olx.js file any more. Types for constructor > options will be defined next to the constructor, other types will have > typedefs. These type definitions can also be used by applications. > > We will continue to use JSDoc annotations, but the types in the > annotations will be changed to Closure path types (see > https://github.com/google/closure-compiler/wiki/JS-Modules#type-references). > > > We will still provide a full build (ol.js, ol-debug.js). The npm task > that creates that build will also serve as type checker, and will use > Closure Compiler because of the type checking. For users, we recommend > to use the ES modules that OpenLayers 5.x provides natively. It is up > to the user which set of tools to use, but we have made good > experience with Webpack and Babel Minifier. > > I hope this clarifies things. Don't hesitate to ask if anything is > unclear. > > Andreas. > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 3:42 PM, Alexandre Dubé via OpenLayers Dev > < > openlayers-dev+apn2wqczcp2xihkh_9pnmlmzqzt5pahrybqkz3ux9372k6...@googlegroups.com > > <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Hello devs, > > > > I'm looking at the current master version of openlayers and looking > for > > the alternative of "make build" (which doesn't work anymore). My goal > here > > is to understand how I can change some code and see if it "builds > without > > errors". > > > > I have other questions related to the build / minimization. OL seems > to > > use webpack + (babel minify)? as its dev / minimization tools. > > > > Is the externs/olx.js file still being used in this new environment? > > What about the definitions of the methods in comments? > > > > I used to find these definitions quite useful to detect errors while > > compiling. Will these comments / the olx file still be used / detected > while > > minimizing? Any hint would be welcome. > > > > Thanks a lot, > > > > Alexandre Dubé > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "OpenLayers Dev" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to openlayers-de...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to openlay...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/openlayers-dev. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/openlayers-dev/5a14c6ce-d90d-4dad-b4de-9a7b68dd8cea%40googlegroups.com. > > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenLayers Dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to openlayers-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to openlayers-dev@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/openlayers-dev. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/openlayers-dev/545a176b-b4a5-472e-83ee-22f01ee7876b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
