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https://github.com/konstantinsimeonov/tsx-control-statements
Control flow JSX/TSX elements that get compiled to plain old javascript.
https://github.com/konstantinsimeonov/tsx-control-statements
conditional-rendering control-statements if jsx loop react transformer tsx typescript
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Control flow JSX/TSX elements that get compiled to plain old javascript.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/konstantinsimeonov/tsx-control-statements
- Owner: KonstantinSimeonov
- License: wtfpl
- Created: 2018-03-28T19:15:06.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-01-04T11:00:46.000Z (12 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-12-24T22:07:02.445Z (about 20 hours ago)
- Topics: conditional-rendering, control-statements, if, jsx, loop, react, transformer, tsx, typescript
- Language: TypeScript
- Homepage:
- Size: 2.02 MB
- Stars: 93
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 9
- Open Issues: 4
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# tsx-control-statements
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Basically [jsx-control-statements](https://www.npmjs.com/package/babel-plugin-jsx-control-statements), but for the typescript compiler toolchain. **Works for both javascript and typescript.**
| Typescript version range | `tsx-control-statements` version |
|:------------------------:|:-------------------------------------------|
| `2.4.x` - `3.3.x` | `v3.3.x` |
| `3.4.x` - `4.6.x` | `v4.x` |
| `4.9` | `v5.0` |
| `5.x` | `>= v5.1` |
## Drop-in replacement for jsx control statements
- No need to rewrite anything
- Compile control statements in typescript `.tsx` files
- Control statements transpile to type-correct typescript before type checking
- Compile control statements in javascript `.js` and `.jsx` files
- `"allowJs"` should be set to `true` in your typescript configuration
- Run the test suite: `npm i && npm run build && npm run test`. It includes:
- Compatibility tests with `jsx-control-statements` (i.e. both produce the same output html)
- Tests for correct transpilation
- Tests for typechecking
## Zero dependencies apart from typescript
- Pick any typescript version equal to or above `2.4.x`
- Can be used with Vue, React or just plain jsx/tsx
## Known limitations:
- **[js, ts]** I haven't found any way of integrating this into `create-react-app` scaffold project without ejecting the scripts and modifying them
- **[js, ts]** Various CLIs (`tsc`, `ts-register`, `ts-node`) feature no flag (that I know of) that allows for addition of custom transformers
- ~~**[ts]** The `isolatedModules` flag currently causes build errors for typescript files, since the typings currently live in a namespace~~
- `isolatedModules` is supported since the module `tsx-control-statements/components` contains stub definitions which can be imported `import { For, If } from 'tsx-control-statements/components'`
- **[ts]** Cannot work with various "smart" plugins that instead of invoking the typescript compiler rather strip the types and handle the code as javascript. This includes tools like:
- `@babel/preset-typescript`
- `@babel/plugin-transform-typescript`
## What are the control statements transpiled to?
### If - Ternary operators
```tsx
import { If } from 'tsx-control-statements/components';
const SongRelatedThingy = ({ songList }: { songList: string[] }) => (
good taste in music
);
// will transpile to
const SongRelatedThingy = ({ songList }) => (
{songList.includes('Gery-Nikol - Im the Queen')
? 'good taste in music'
: null}
);
```
### With - Immediately invoked function expression
```tsx
import { With } from 'tsx-control-statements/components';
const Sum = () => (
{a + b + c}
);
// becomes
const Sum = () =>
{((a, b, c) => a + b + c)(3, 5, 6)}
;
```
### For - `Array.from` calls
More flexible than `[].map`, since it can be provided with an iterator or an array-like as it's first parameter. For non-legacy code, prefer the more type-safe alternative.
```tsx
import { For } from 'tsx-control-statements/components';
// more type-safe for, the typechecker knows
// the types of the "name" and "i" bindings
const Names = ({ names }: { names: string[] }) => (
(
-
{i}
{name}
)}
/>
);
// jsx-control-statements compatible
const Names = ({ names }: { names: string[] }) => (
-
{i}
{name}
);
// both of the above will transpile to:
const Names = ({ names }) => (
{Array.from(names, (name, i) => (
-
{i}
{name}
))}
);
```
### Choose/When/Otherwise - nested ternary operators, emulates switch/case.
```tsx
import {
Choose,
When,
Otherwise
} from 'tsx-control-statements/components';
const RandomStuff = ({ str }: { str: string }) => (
ivancho
yum!
{/* Otherwise tag is optional,
* if not provided, null will be rendered */}
im the queen da da da da
);
// transpiles to
const RandomStuff = ({ str }) => (
{str === 'ivan'
? 'ivancho'
: str === 'sarmi'
? React.createElement('h1', null, 'yum!')
: 'im the queen da da da da'}
);
```
## Cookbook
#### Bundlers and scaffolding tools
- `webpack` with [`ts-loader`](https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-loader#getcustomtransformers)
- `rollup` with [typescript plugin](https://github.com/rollup/plugins/tree/master/packages/typescript#transformers)
- `parcel` - [this](https://github.com/coreoz/parcel-transformer-ttypescript) might work but don't count on it
#### Testing
- `ava`, `mocha` or anything other that can use `ts-node` - `ts-node` supports [programatically adding custom transformers](https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node#programmatic-only-options) so it can be used to run test suites.
- `jest` using `ts-jest` like [that](https://kulshekhar.github.io/ts-jest/docs/getting-started/options/astTransformers)
#### Importing the transformer in your build configs:
```ts
// commonjs
const transformer = require('tsx-control-statements').default;
// ts
import transformer from 'tsx-control-statements';
```
#### Importing type definitions:
```ts
import {
For,
If,
With,
Choose,
When,
Otherwise
} from 'tsx-control-statements/components';
```
## Reasons to not use any control statements for jsx:
- ~~Hard to statically type~~
- Has been somewhat adressed, with the exception of `With`
- Not part of the standard
- Not ordinary jsx elements
- Requires extra dependencies to use
- Many typescript tools do not support custom transformers in a convenient way