Using ts-nameof with grunt

[mzohreh]

Hi,

I am trying to set this library up with grunt, but there doesn't seem to be an easy way to do this. I cant use TSC way either as it is relying on another dependency:

https://github.com/dsherret/ts-nameof/blob/master/packages/ts-nameof/setup/tsc.md

Custom set up requires me to write my own transformer, which is not the direction i want to go. So is it possible to use this package with grunt without an overly complicated set up?

https://github.com/dsherret/ts-nameof/blob/master/packages/ts-nameof/setup/custom.md

Thanks
Juju

[dsherret]

Hi @mzohreh, are you using grunt-ts? It doesn't seem to support custom transforms (but does seem to have its own transforms feature).

What you could do is use the custom compiler option though. So...

1. Follow these instructions: https://github.com/dsherret/ts-nameof/blob/master/packages/ts-nameof/setup/tsc.md -- Except for the last step about compiling.
2. Specify ttypescript as a custom compiler (read more here: https://www.npmjs.com/package/grunt-ts#compiler). I think the following would work:

   grunt.initConfig({
     ts: {
       options: {
         // or try just 'ttypescript' or './node_modules/ttypescript'
         // I haven't tested what works...
         compiler: './node_modules/ttypescript/bin/tsc'
       }
     }
   });
   

Hopefully that will work.

[mzohreh]

Thanks you @dsherret. I will try and let you know