spacemacs/layers/+tools/tide/README.org

#+TITLE: Tide Layer

#+TAGS: layer|tool

* Table of Contents                     :TOC_5_gh:noexport:
- [[#description][Description]]
  - [[#features][Features:]]
- [[#install][Install]]
- [[#key-bindings][Key bindings]]
  - [[#major-mode][Major Mode]]
  - [[#reference-major-mode][Reference Major Mode]]

* Description
This layer installs [[https://github.com/ananthakumaran/tide][tide]] package which allows communication with 
[[https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/Standalone-Server-%28tsserver%29][standalone typescript server]] =tsserver= for JavaScript/TypeScript development.

** Features:
- First class support from =tsserver= just like =vscode=: speed and accuracy
- Linter 
- Refactor
- Go to definition
- Find references

* Install
See [[https://github.com/ananthakumaran/tide][tide]] for details. First you must have `tsserver` installed in your project
or globally:

#+BEGIN_SRC sh
  npm install -g typescript
#+END_SRC

Next enable this layer in your =~/.spacemacs=. You will need to add =tide= to the
existing =dotspacemacs-configuration-layers= list in this file. Then set the
backend variables for JavaScript layer, React layer and TypeScript layer to =tide=
in =dotspacemacs-configuration-layers=

#+BEGIN_SRC elisp
  (javascript :variables
               javascript-backend 'tide)

  (typescript :variables
              typescript-backend 'tide)
#+END_SRC

Both =javascript-backend= and =typescript-backend= can be set per project.

When using this layer, make sure [[http://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/tsconfig-json.html][tsconfig.json]] or [[https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/jsconfig][jsconfig.json]] is present in
the root folder of the project.

Example from emacs tide package: For JavaScript projects you may want to create
=jsconfig.json= in the root folder of your project. =jsconfig.json= is =tsconfig.json=
with allowjs attribute set to true.

#+BEGIN_SRC json
  {
    "compilerOptions": {
      "target": "es2017",
      "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
      "noEmit": true,
      "checkJs": true,
      "jsx": "react",
      "lib": [ "dom", "es2017" ]
    }
  }
#+END_SRC

Without this file =tsserver= will pick up current folder as project root.

* Key bindings
** Major Mode

| Key binding | Description                                       |
|-------------+---------------------------------------------------|
| ~SPC m E d~ | add =tslint:disable-next-line= at point           |
| ~SPC m E e~ | fix thing at point                                |
| ~SPC m g b~ | jump back                                         |
| ~SPC m g g~ | jump to entity's definition                       |
| ~SPC m g t~ | jump to entity's type definition                  |
| ~SPC m g r~ | references                                        |
| ~SPC m h h~ | documentation at point                            |
| ~SPC m r i~ | organize imports                                  |
| ~SPC m r r~ | rename symbol                                     |
| ~SPC m r f~ | rename file                                       |
| ~SPC m S r~ | restart server                                    |
| ~SPC m S j~ | create a barebone =jsconfig.json= at project root |

** Reference Major Mode

| Key binding | Description             |
|-------------+-------------------------|
| ~C-j~       | find previous reference |
| ~C-k~       | find next reference     |
| ~C-l~       | goto reference          |