Compile hbjs.js from harfbuzz.ts

[LeoDog896]

As of now, harfbuzzjs itself is untyped and requires explicitly using the harfbuzz.ts file - to avoid unnecessary duplication, the .js and .d.ts files could be generated instead.

[lianghai]

@khaledhosny, what’s actually the currently relationship between this harfbuzz.ts and the rest of this project?

[khaledhosny]

I don’t know. I don’t even know what .ts is (I’m not much of a web developer myself and I’m maintaining this project only because no one else does).

[lianghai]

Haha alright… I see. Yeah TypeScript (.ts) is JS with static type checking, usually compiled to JS for distribution. It’s difficult for me to read C++, but I’m quite comfortable with writing TS. Will see if I get to contribute and unify the JS and TS aspects of this repo.

[lianghai]

Hi @ebraminio, @alker0, @chearon, @Jackie1210, and @tomasdev,

You guys all have tried to improve the TypeScript aspect of this project:

• https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzzjs/commits/main/harfbuzz.ts
• Add TypeScript typings #54
• refactor: support esm & typescript #90

Seems like it’ll benefit everyone if this neglected harfbuzz.ts can converge with hbjs.js. Any idea how we can make some progress?

[tomasdev]

We should probably move the typings to DefinitelyTyped so they can be community driven.

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