Javascript/Typescript Automations app (add-on)

[lalex]

I’m currently creating an app (add-on) to be able to write automations with Typescript and strong-typing.
It provides a vscode interface to write automations with auto-completion for the host entities and actions…

homeassistant-apps/ha_js_automations at main · lalexdotcom/homeassistant-apps

I created a NPM package to handle the HA Websocket with strong typing in Typescript: https://www.npmjs.com/package/ha-ws-js-sugar

All this is very early stage, but I would be very interested on having feedback: is there a real topic on that, maybe contributions from add-ons experimented developpers?

Thank you all

[parautenbach (Pieter Rautenbach)]

Just take note of this too:

Use JavaScript for your automations

This is an external engine that exposes Home Assistant entities and services to JavaScript scripts. It works by connecting to HASS WebSocket API, and encapsulates all available entities as JS objects to be able to simply interact with them using JavaScript. Scripts are constantly monitored in the scripts directory. They will be loaded when the service is started, reloaded when modified, and unloaded when deleted (also before reload). JSON files will also be monitored and (re)loaded automatic…

I understand that JS and TS are not exactly the same.

[lalex]

@parautenbach

I understand that JS and TS are not exactly the same.

You’re right, Typescript is a layer above Javascript which provides strong-typing and other features. Actually, every javascript is a valid typescript.

I chose to use the Javascript word because you can still use it if you want to write Javascript, as a lot of JS coders still want to, but for me the real point is to use strong typing to get auto-completion on action calls and entity names…

@parautenbach

Just take note of this too:

This project is a good one! But not the same philosophy: meant to be installed as a linux service, it needs a lot of sysadmin skills to be set up… and written in pure JS (so without the types)
It’s way less user-friendly (or even dev-friendly for guys like me who don’t have an instance or the will to perform its complex setup)

[parautenbach (Pieter Rautenbach)]

@lalex

You’re right, Typescript is a layer above Javascript which provides strong-typing and other features. Actually, every javascript is a valid typescript.

I chose to use the Javascript word because you can still use it if you want to write Javascript, as a lot of JS coders still want to, but for me the real point is to use strong typing to get auto-completion on action calls and entity names…

I made my statement because I didn’t need it explained to me. I meant, I really do understand the difference between the two.

@lalex

meant to be installed as a linux service, it needs a lot of sysadmin skills to be set up… and written in pure JS (so without the types)
It’s way less user-friendly (or even dev-friendly for guys like me who don’t have an instance or the will to perform its complex setup)

[lalex]

@parautenbach

I made my statement because I didn’t need it explained to me. I meant, I really do understand the difference between the two.

Sorry for that, I didn’t get it. English is not my first language

[parautenbach (Pieter Rautenbach)]

All good!