TypeScriptToLua

A Visual Studio Code extension that adds TypeScriptToLua support for TypeScript using the TypeScript TypeScriptToLua Language Service plugin.

Usage

This extension activates automatically when project's tsconfig.json file has "tstl" key.

Features

TypeScriptToLua Diagnostics

Sometimes, code that would normally be valid in JavaScript/TypeScript would be invalid when transpiling to Lua. The TSTL extension will immediately warn you when this is the case, so that you discover it at writing-time rather than at compile-time. For example:

Automatic tsconfig.json Schema

• In most popular IDEs, you can specify a "$schema" key at the top of a JSON file. Doing this activates auto-complete and field validation, which makes working with the JSON much easier.
• One extra feature of VSCode is that if you happen to be working in a tsconfig.json file without an explicitly defined "$schema" key, the editor will automatically use the standard tsconfig schema.
• If this extension detects a "tstl" key in the "tsconfig.json" file, then it will automatically swap the schema to one that includes the possible values for the "tstl" key. This allows for auto-completing the TSTL properties: