UI5 / UI5/cli

Enable custom task development in TypeScript

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Description

Hi guys,

Is there a way to develop custom tasks using type hints / TypeScript? Forgive me if there is a sample somewhere, I could find none.

The docs are of course good but having the hints inside the editor would speed up custom task development greatly

Thanks & BR

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Research direction

Start with the UI5 Tooling API documentation linked in the issue and investigate how custom tasks are currently developed. Define the TypeScript type-hinting approach and confirm that custom task authors can use it inside their editor; the issue provides no repository files or tests to target.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
cli, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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