Why the forked branch of vue

[ericop]

Hi Daniel,
This and the starter setup at https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript-Vue-Starter are really cool. Thanks for putting the time in to these to make them clear and easy for newbies!

So the question I have is why must we use your branch, at a specific commit of VueJS? Are these features that play nice with typescript coming to the master branch? Having built a production single page app in ember that was dependent on a side branch like this, I know it can be done, but when you need or want a new feature you have to play this weird self-patching game that's kind of a drag. So I just wanted the scoop from you about why this is setup this way before I invest too deeply.

[ericop]

I found vuejs/vue-loader#109 (comment) and saw above it where you asked questions to get your frozen branch functional. Seems like https://github.com/vuejs-templates needs an official setup for Typescript with https://vuejs.org/v2/guide/single-file-components.html . Feels like we are shooting at a moving target. I never was any good at DuckHunt 🦆 . 😃

[mythz]

I'm also trying to closely follow the progress on this, is there an open PR where we can track to see when your changes get merged into vue?

[ericop]

Daniel,
Looks like back on May 8th you were scheming to talk with @yyx990803 about how to make Vue 2.4 work with TypeScript shim free? vuejs/vetur#94 (comment) . If that works out, in v.2.4 let us know so we can do a little jig 🕺 and send you and @yyx990803 a virtual high-five! Vue and TypeScript are getting more and more attention for the amazing things they are because of power-nerds like you guys doing great work, so keep it up, and may you find delight in your labors!

[DanielRosenwasser]

Hey guys, the PR is up at vuejs/vue#5887

[ericop]

@DanielRosenwasser thank you for the update! All the labor and tricky decisions that went into this PR you've done is huge, so thanks!

For those who stumble upon this, it looks like VueJS 2.5 might be the most likely future version which will get more canonical type usage. The real limiters on this getting into the VueJS 2.4 or 2.5 are these:

• Release of Typescript 2.4
• Update of vue-class-component , vue-router and vuex since they use ComponentOptions

[ericop]

The latest merge request is getting code reviewed at vuejs/vue#6391

[ericop]

@DanielRosenwasser and @HerringtonDarkholme looks like through blood, sweat and tears you guys got this thing working in first rate order!

• https://medium.com/the-vue-point/vue-2-5-released-14bd65bf030b#559e
• https://github.com/vuejs/vue/releases/tag/v2.5.0

Looks like https://vuejs.org/v2/guide/typescript.html covers the new approach well! Thank you, thank you, as even Evan You thanks you! :) Seriously, I'm very pumped up by this!

[DanielRosenwasser]

You're welcome! Super glad to see the enthusiasm. Keep me posted on how using it works out!

[ericop]

I plan to try it out on a clean new project once their is a Typescript Template for the Vue CLI . And I'll let you know. My last big project I used Typescript and AngularJS (ng1.x) and I really liked what Typescript added. Now with computed-properties like I used to use back in Ember 🐹, and single-file-components I feel unstoppable 🔁 !