TypeScript with KnockoutJS

Question

Is there any sample of using TypeScript with KnockoutJS? I'm just curious as to how they would work together?

Edit

Here is what I have, seems to work

declare var ko: any;
declare var $: any;
class ViewModel {
    x = ko.observable(10);
    y = ko.observable(10);

}

$(() => {
    ko.applyBindings(new ViewModel());
});

This generates into the following Javascript:

var ViewModel = (function () {
    function ViewModel() {
        this.x = ko.observable(10);
        this.y = ko.observable(10);
    }
    return ViewModel;
})();
$(function () {
    ko.applyBindings(new ViewModel());
});

Answer 1

Look at DefinitelyTyped.

"TypeScript type definitions repository for popular JavaScript libraries"

Answer 2

I made this little interface to get static types for Knockout:

interface ObservableNumber {
        (newValue: number): void;               
        (): number;                             
        subscribe: (callback: (newValue: number) => void) => void;
}
interface ObservableString {
        (newValue: string): void;               
        (): string;                             
        subscribe: (callback: (newValue: string) => void) => void;
}
interface ObservableBool {
    (newValue: bool): void;             
    (): bool;                               
    subscribe: (callback: (newValue: bool) => void) => void;
}

interface ObservableAny {
    (newValue: any): void;              
    (): any;                                
    subscribe: (callback: (newValue: any) => void) => void;
}

interface ObservableStringArray {
    (newValue: string[]): void;
    (): string[];
    remove: (value: String) => void;
    removeAll: () => void;
    push: (value: string) => void;
    indexOf: (value: string) => number;
}

interface ObservableAnyArray {
    (newValue: any[]): void;
    (): any[];
    remove: (value: any) => void;
    removeAll: () => void;
    push: (value: any) => void;
}

interface Computed {
    (): any;
}

interface Knockout {
    observable: {
        (value: number): ObservableNumber;
        (value: string): ObservableString;
        (value: bool): ObservableBool;
        (value: any): ObservableAny;
    };
    observableArray: {
        (value: string[]): ObservableStringArray;
        (value: any[]): ObservableAnyArray;
    };
    computed: {
        (func: () => any): Computed;
    };
}

Put it in "Knockout.d.ts" and then reference it from your own files. As you can see, it would benefit greatly from generics (which are coming according to the specs).

I only made a few interfaces for ko.observable(), but ko.computed() and ko.observableArray() can be easily added in the same pattern. Update: I fixed the signatures for subscribe() and added examples of computed() and observableArray().

To use from your own file, add this at the top:

/// <reference path="./Knockout.d.ts" />
declare var ko: Knockout;