Expert-level TypeScript: declaration files, module augmentation, and advanced utility types.
Declaration files (.d.ts), module augmentation, and advanced utility type patterns.
// types/my-library.d.ts
declare module "my-library" {
export function greet(name: string): string;
export const version: string;
export default function init(): void;
}// globals.d.ts
declare global {
interface Window {
myApp: {
config: AppConfig;
init(): void;
};
}
var DEBUG: boolean;
}
export {};declare namespace MyLib {
interface Options {
timeout: number;
retries: number;
}
function configure(opts: Options): void;
namespace Utils {
function format(value: number): string;
}
}declare class EventEmitter {
constructor();
on(event: string, callback: Function): this;
emit(event: string, ...args: any[]): boolean;
}declare module "*.json" {
const value: any;
export default value;
}
declare module "*.css" {
const classes: { [key: string]: string };
export default classes;
}Declaration file created
Module declared: my-library
Global interface extended: Window
Namespace declared: MyLib
Class declared: EventEmitter
declare module "name" { }declare global { interface Window { } }declare namespace Name { }declare class Name { }declare module "*.ext" { }Review feedback below
declare module "express" {
interface Request {
user?: { id: string; email: string; };
sessionId: string;
}
}declare global {
interface Array<T> {
first(): T | undefined;
last(): T | undefined;
}
}
Array.prototype.first = function() { return this[0]; };
export {};declare global {
namespace NodeJS {
interface ProcessEnv {
NODE_ENV: "development" | "production";
API_KEY: string;
}
}
}Module augmented: express
Global augmented: Array, String
ProcessEnv augmented
Module augmentation complete!
declare module "name" { interface X { } }declare global { interface Array<T> { } }export {} at endnamespace NodeJS { interface ProcessEnv }Review feedback below
type DeepPartial<T> = T extends object
? { [P in keyof T]?: DeepPartial<T[P]> }
: T;type DeepReadonly<T> = T extends object
? { readonly [P in keyof T]: DeepReadonly<T[P]> }
: T;type Path<T> = T extends object
? { [K in keyof T]: K | `${K}.${Path}` }[keyof T]
: never; type UnionToIntersection<U> =
(U extends any ? (k: U) => void : never) extends
(k: infer I) => void ? I : never;DeepPartial: all nested optional
DeepReadonly: all nested readonly
Path type: extracts all paths
Advanced utility types complete!
T extends object ? { [P in keyof T]: Type<T[P]> } : T[P in keyof T]?:`${K}.${Path<T[K]>}`P extends `${infer K}.${infer R}`Review feedback below