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| 1 |  | -# Fork TS Checker Webpack Plugin | 
| 2 |  | -[](https://www.npmjs.com/package/fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin) | 
| 3 |  | -[](https://travis-ci.org/Realytics/fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin) | 
| 4 |  | - | 
| 5 |  | -Webpack plugin that runs typescript type checker on a separate process. | 
| 6 |  | -  | 
| 7 |  | -## Installation | 
| 8 |  | -This plugin requires minimum **webpack 2.3**, **typescript 2.1** and optionally **tslint 4.0** | 
| 9 |  | -```sh | 
| 10 |  | -npm install --save-dev fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin | 
| 11 |  | -``` | 
| 12 |  | -Basic webpack config (with [ts-loader](https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-loader)) | 
| 13 |  | -```js | 
| 14 |  | -var ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin = require('fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin'); | 
| 15 |  | - | 
| 16 |  | -var webpackConfig = { | 
| 17 |  | -  context: __dirname, // to automatically find tsconfig.json | 
| 18 |  | -  entry: './src/index.ts', | 
| 19 |  | -  module: { | 
| 20 |  | -    rules: [ | 
| 21 |  | -      { | 
| 22 |  | -        test: /\.tsx?$/, | 
| 23 |  | -        loader: 'ts-loader', | 
| 24 |  | -        options: { | 
| 25 |  | -          // disable type checker - we will use it in fork plugin | 
| 26 |  | -          transpileOnly: true  | 
| 27 |  | -        } | 
| 28 |  | -      } | 
| 29 |  | -    ] | 
| 30 |  | -  }, | 
| 31 |  | -  plugins: [ | 
| 32 |  | -    new ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin() | 
| 33 |  | -  ] | 
| 34 |  | -}; | 
| 35 |  | -``` | 
| 36 |  | - | 
| 37 |  | -## Motivation | 
| 38 |  | -There is already similar solution - [awesome-typescript-loader](https://github.com/s-panferov/awesome-typescript-loader). You can | 
| 39 |  | -add `CheckerPlugin` and delegate checker to the separate process. The problem with `awesome-typescript-loader` was that, in our case, | 
| 40 |  | -it was a lot slower than [ts-loader](https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-loader) on an incremental build (~20s vs ~3s). | 
| 41 |  | -Secondly, we use [tslint](https://palantir.github.io/tslint) and we wanted to run this, along with type checker, in a separate process. | 
| 42 |  | -This is why we've created this plugin. To provide better performance, plugin reuses Abstract Syntax Trees between compilations and shares  | 
| 43 |  | -these trees with tslint. It can be scaled with a multi-process mode to utilize maximum CPU power. | 
| 44 |  | - | 
| 45 |  | -## Modules resolution | 
| 46 |  | -It's very important to be aware that **this plugin uses [typescript](https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript)'s, not  | 
| 47 |  | -[webpack](https://github.com/webpack/webpack)'s modules resolution**. It means that you have to setup `tsconfig.json` correctly. For example  | 
| 48 |  | -if you set `files: ['./src/someFile.ts']` in `tsconfig.json`, this plugin will check only `someFile.ts` for semantic errors. It's because  | 
| 49 |  | -of performance. The goal of this plugin is to be *as fast as possible*. With typescript's module resolution we don't have to wait for webpack  | 
| 50 |  | -to compile files (which traverses dependency graph during compilation) - we have a full list of files from the begin. | 
| 51 |  | - | 
| 52 |  | -To debug typescript's modules resolution, you can use `tsc --traceResolution` command. | 
| 53 |  | - | 
| 54 |  | -## TSLint | 
| 55 |  | -If you have installed [tslint](https://palantir.github.io/tslint), you can enable it by setting `tslint: true` or  | 
| 56 |  | -`tslint: './path/to/tslint.json'`. We recommend changing `defaultSeverity` to a `"warning"` in `tslint.json` file.  | 
| 57 |  | -It helps to distinguish lints from typescript's diagnostics. | 
| 58 |  | - | 
| 59 |  | -## Options | 
| 60 |  | -* **tsconfig** `string`: | 
| 61 |  | -Path to *tsconfig.json* file. Default: `path.resolve(compiler.options.context, './tsconfig.json')`. | 
| 62 |  | - | 
| 63 |  | -* **compilerOptions** `object`: | 
| 64 |  | -Allows overriding TypeScript options. Should be specified in the same format as you would do for the `compilerOptions` property in tsconfig.json. Default: `{}`. | 
| 65 |  | - | 
| 66 |  | -* **tslint** `string | true`:  | 
| 67 |  | -Path to *tslint.json* file or `true`. If `true`, uses `path.resolve(compiler.options.context, './tslint.json')`. Default: `undefined`. | 
| 68 |  | - | 
| 69 |  | -* **watch** `string | string[]`:  | 
| 70 |  | -Directories or files to watch by service. Not necessary but improves performance (reduces number of `fs.stat` calls). | 
| 71 |  | - | 
| 72 |  | -* **async** `boolean`: | 
| 73 |  | -True by default - `async: false` can block webpack's emit to wait for type checker/linter and to add errors to the webpack's compilation. | 
| 74 |  | -We recommend to set this to `false` in projects where type checking is faster than webpack's build - it's better for integration with other plugins. Another scenario where you might want to set this to `false` is if you use the `overlay` functionality of `webpack-dev-server`. | 
| 75 |  | - | 
| 76 |  | -* **ignoreDiagnostics** `number[]`: | 
| 77 |  | -List of typescript diagnostic codes to ignore. | 
| 78 |  | - | 
| 79 |  | -* **ignoreLints** `string[]`:  | 
| 80 |  | -List of tslint rule names to ignore. | 
| 81 |  | - | 
| 82 |  | -* **reportFiles** `string[]`:  | 
| 83 |  | -Only report errors on files matching these glob patterns. This can be useful when certain types definitions have errors that are not fatal to your application. Default: `[]`. | 
| 84 |  | - | 
| 85 |  | -```js | 
| 86 |  | -  // in webpack.config.js | 
| 87 |  | -  new ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin({ reportFiles: ['src/**/*.{ts,tsx}', '!src/skip.ts'] }) | 
| 88 |  | -``` | 
| 89 |  | - | 
| 90 |  | -* **colors** `boolean`: | 
| 91 |  | -If `false`, disables built-in colors in logger messages. Default: `true`. | 
| 92 |  | - | 
| 93 |  | -* **logger** `object`: | 
| 94 |  | -Logger instance. It should be object that implements method: `error`, `warn`, `info`. Default: `console`. | 
| 95 |  | - | 
| 96 |  | -* **formatter** `'default' | 'codeframe' | ((message: NormalizedMessage, useColors: boolean) => string)`: | 
| 97 |  | -Formatter for diagnostics and lints. By default uses `default` formatter. You can also pass your own formatter as a function | 
| 98 |  | -(see `src/NormalizedMessage.js` and `src/formatter/` for api reference). | 
| 99 |  | - | 
| 100 |  | -* **formatterOptions** `object`: | 
| 101 |  | -Options passed to formatters (currently only `codeframe` - see [available options](https://www.npmjs.com/package/babel-code-frame#options)) | 
| 102 |  | - | 
| 103 |  | -* **silent** `boolean`: | 
| 104 |  | -If `true`, logger will not be used. Default: `false`. | 
| 105 |  | - | 
| 106 |  | -* **checkSyntacticErrors** `boolean`:  | 
| 107 |  | -This option is useful if you're using ts-loader in `happyPackMode` with [HappyPack](https://github.com/amireh/happypack) or [thread-loader](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/thread-loader) to parallelise your builds.  It will ensure that the plugin checks for both syntactic errors (eg `const array = [{} {}];`) and semantic errors (eg `const x: number = '1';`).  By default the plugin only checks for semantic errors.  This is because when ts-loader is used in `transpileOnly` mode, ts-loader will still report syntactic errors. When used in `happyPackMode` it does not. Default: `false`. | 
| 108 |  | - | 
| 109 |  | -* **memoryLimit** `number`:  | 
| 110 |  | -Memory limit for service process in MB. If service exits with allocation failed error, increase this number. Default: `2048`. | 
| 111 |  | - | 
| 112 |  | -* **workers** `number`: | 
| 113 |  | -You can split type checking to a few workers to speed-up increment build. **Be careful** - if you don't want to increase build time, you  | 
| 114 |  | -should keep free 1 core for *build* and 1 core for a *system* *(for example system with 4 CPUs should use max 2 workers)*. Second thing - | 
| 115 |  | -node doesn't share memory between workers - keep in mind that memory usage will increase. Be aware that in some scenarios increasing workers | 
| 116 |  | -number **can increase checking time**. Default: `ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin.ONE_CPU`. | 
| 117 |  | - | 
| 118 |  | -* **vue** `boolean`: | 
| 119 |  | -If `true`, the linter and compiler will process VueJs single-file-component (.vue) files. See the  | 
| 120 |  | -[Vue section](https://github.com/Realytics/fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin#vue) further down for information on how to correctly setup your project. | 
| 121 |  | - | 
| 122 |  | -### Pre-computed consts:       | 
| 123 |  | -  * `ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin.ONE_CPU` - always use one CPU | 
| 124 |  | -  * `ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin.ALL_CPUS` - always use all CPUs (will increase build time) | 
| 125 |  | -  * `ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin.ONE_CPU_FREE` - leave only one CPU for build (probably will increase build time) | 
| 126 |  | -  * `ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin.TWO_CPUS_FREE` - **recommended** - leave two CPUs free (one for build, one for system) | 
| 127 |  | - | 
| 128 |  | -## Different behaviour in watch mode | 
| 129 |  | - | 
| 130 |  | -If you turn on [webpacks watch mode](https://webpack.js.org/configuration/watch/#watch) the `fork-ts-checker-notifier-webpack-plugin` will take care of logging type errors, _not_ webpack itself. That means if you set `silent: true` you won't see type errors in your console in watch mode. | 
| 131 |  | - | 
| 132 |  | -You can either set `silent: false` to show the logging from `fork-ts-checker-notifier-webpack-plugin` _or_ set `async: false`. Now webpack itself will log type errors again, but note that this can slow down your builds depending on the size of your project. | 
| 133 |  | - | 
| 134 |  | -## Notifier | 
| 135 |  | - | 
| 136 |  | -You may already be using the excellent [webpack-notifier](https://github.com/Turbo87/webpack-notifier) plugin to make build failures more obvious in the form of system notifications. There's an equivalent notifier plugin designed to work with the `fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin`.  It is the `fork-ts-checker-notifier-webpack-plugin` and can be found [here](https://github.com/johnnyreilly/fork-ts-checker-notifier-webpack-plugin). This notifier deliberately has a similar API as the `webpack-notifier` plugin to make migration easier. | 
| 137 |  | - | 
| 138 |  | -## Known Issue Watching Non-Emitting Files | 
| 139 |  | - | 
| 140 |  | -At present there is an issue with the plugin regarding the triggering of type-checking when a change is made in a source file that will not emit js. If you have a file which contains only `interface`s and / or `type`s then changes to it will **not** trigger the type checker whilst in watch mode. Sorry about that. | 
| 141 |  | - | 
| 142 |  | -We hope this will be resolved in future; the issue can be tracked [here](https://github.com/Realytics/fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin/issues/36). | 
| 143 |  | - | 
| 144 |  | -## Plugin Hooks | 
| 145 |  | -This plugin provides some custom webpack hooks (all are sync): | 
| 146 |  | - | 
| 147 |  | -| Event name | Description | Params | | 
| 148 |  | -|------------|-------------|--------| | 
| 149 |  | -|`fork-ts-checker-cancel`| Cancellation has been requested | `cancellationToken` | | 
| 150 |  | -|`fork-ts-checker-waiting`| Waiting for results | `hasTsLint` | | 
| 151 |  | -|`fork-ts-checker-service-before-start`| Async plugin that can be used for delaying `fork-ts-checker-service-start` | - | | 
| 152 |  | -|`fork-ts-checker-service-start`| Service will be started | `tsconfigPath`, `tslintPath`, `watchPaths`, `workersNumber`, `memoryLimit` | | 
| 153 |  | -|`fork-ts-checker-service-start-error` | Cannot start service | `error` | | 
| 154 |  | -|`fork-ts-checker-service-out-of-memory`| Service is out of memory | - | | 
| 155 |  | -|`fork-ts-checker-receive`| Plugin receives diagnostics and lints from service | `diagnostics`, `lints` |  | 
| 156 |  | -|`fork-ts-checker-emit`| Service will add errors and warnings to webpack compilation ('build' mode) | `diagnostics`, `lints`, `elapsed` | | 
| 157 |  | -|`fork-ts-checker-done`| Service finished type checking and webpack finished compilation ('watch' mode) | `diagnostics`, `lints`, `elapsed` | | 
| 158 |  | - | 
| 159 |  | -## Vue | 
| 160 |  | -1. Turn on the vue option in the plugin in your webpack config: | 
| 161 |  | - | 
| 162 |  | -``` | 
| 163 |  | -    new ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin({ | 
| 164 |  | -      tslint: true, | 
| 165 |  | -      vue: true | 
| 166 |  | -    }) | 
| 167 |  | -``` | 
| 168 |  | - | 
| 169 |  | -2. To activate TypeScript in your `.vue` files, you need to ensure your script tag's language attribute is set | 
| 170 |  | -to `ts` or `tsx` (also make sure you include the `.vue` extension in all your import statements as shown below):  | 
| 171 |  | - | 
| 172 |  | -```html | 
| 173 |  | -<script lang="ts"> | 
| 174 |  | -import Hello from '@/components/hello.vue' | 
| 175 |  | -
 | 
| 176 |  | -// ... | 
| 177 |  | -
 | 
| 178 |  | -</script> | 
| 179 |  | -``` | 
| 180 |  | - | 
| 181 |  | -3. Ideally you are also using `ts-loader` (in transpileOnly mode). Your Webpack config rules may look something like this:   | 
| 182 |  | - | 
| 183 |  | -``` | 
| 184 |  | -{ | 
| 185 |  | -  test: /\.ts$/, | 
| 186 |  | -  loader: 'ts-loader', | 
| 187 |  | -  include: [resolve('src'), resolve('test')], | 
| 188 |  | -  options: { | 
| 189 |  | -    appendTsSuffixTo: [/\.vue$/], | 
| 190 |  | -    transpileOnly: true | 
| 191 |  | -  } | 
| 192 |  | -}, | 
| 193 |  | -{ | 
| 194 |  | -  test: /\.vue$/, | 
| 195 |  | -  loader: 'vue-loader', | 
| 196 |  | -  options: vueLoaderConfig | 
| 197 |  | -}, | 
| 198 |  | -``` | 
| 199 |  | -4. Add rules to your `tslint.json` and they will be applied to Vue files. For example, you could apply the Standard JS rules [tslint-config-standard](https://github.com/blakeembrey/tslint-config-standard) like this:   | 
| 200 |  | - | 
| 201 |  | -```json | 
| 202 |  | -{ | 
| 203 |  | -    "defaultSeverity": "error", | 
| 204 |  | -    "extends": [ | 
| 205 |  | -      "tslint-config-standard" | 
| 206 |  | -    ] | 
| 207 |  | -} | 
| 208 |  | -``` | 
| 209 |  | -5. Ensure your `tsconfig.json` includes .vue files:   | 
| 210 |  | - | 
| 211 |  | -``` | 
| 212 |  | -// tsconfig.json | 
| 213 |  | -{ | 
| 214 |  | -  "include": [ | 
| 215 |  | -    "src/**/*.ts", | 
| 216 |  | -    "src/**/*.vue" | 
| 217 |  | -  ], | 
| 218 |  | -  "exclude": [ | 
| 219 |  | -      "node_modules" | 
| 220 |  | -  ] | 
| 221 |  | -} | 
| 222 |  | -``` | 
| 223 |  | - | 
| 224 |  | -6. It accepts any wildcard in your TypeScript configuration:   | 
| 225 |  | -``` | 
| 226 |  | -// tsconfig.json | 
| 227 |  | -{ | 
| 228 |  | -  "compilerOptions": { | 
| 229 |  | -     | 
| 230 |  | -    // ... | 
| 231 |  | -
 | 
| 232 |  | -    "baseUrl": ".", | 
| 233 |  | -    "paths": { | 
| 234 |  | -      "@/*": [ | 
| 235 |  | -        "src/*" | 
| 236 |  | -      ], | 
| 237 |  | -      "~/*": [ | 
| 238 |  | -        "src/*" | 
| 239 |  | -      ] | 
| 240 |  | -    } | 
| 241 |  | -  } | 
| 242 |  | -} | 
| 243 |  | -
 | 
| 244 |  | -// In a .ts or .vue file... | 
| 245 |  | -import Hello from '@/components/hello.vue' | 
| 246 |  | -``` | 
| 247 |  | - | 
| 248 |  | -7. If you are working in **VSCode**, you can get extensions [Vetur](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=octref.vetur) and [TSLint Vue](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=prograhammer.tslint-vue) to complete the developer workflow. | 
| 249 |  | - | 
| 250 |  | -## License | 
| 251 |  | -MIT | 
|  | 1 | +This is a fork of [`fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin`](https://github.com/Realytics/fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin). You probably want to use that package instead. | 
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