atom-community / atom-community/atom-ide-javascript

Provide options to disable some of the TypeScript exclusive features

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enhancement
Dominant language
JavaScript
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Forks
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Description

Edited by @aminya

### Background

Just to clarify all the features (autocomplete, data tips, signature help, outline, diagnostics, etc) except a few (Eslint) come from Typescript.
Disabling Typescript means disabling all the features. This the same for all the other IDEs (e.g. VsCode). JavaScript without Typescript almost has no IDE capabilities.

### TODO

With that being said, we can do the following to make the features more customizable:

- Providing an option for disabling the suggestion for installation of the `@types` package. To compensate for the lack of @types, I need to implement a feature that automatically installs @types (e.g. @types/node). This will fix #4 as well.
- Hiding TypeScript version/project/etc from StatusBar making them a unified icon reusable for all the languages. I think a unified status bar icon (which supports all the languages) instead of multiple icons that take space would be more useful.
- Providing a higher priority for personal snippets

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by tracing the TypeScript integration and status-bar and snippet handling described in the TODO; the work is done when the requested TypeScript feature controls, automatic @types installation, unified status-bar icon, and personal-snippet priority are implemented with appropriate coverage.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, typescript
Domain
developer-experience, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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