Sapper + Svelte + Typescript

index.d.ts

// in $PROJECT_ROOT/typings/@sapper
declare module '@sapper/app' {
  // from sapper/runtime/src/app/types.ts
  // sapper doesn't export its types yet
  interface Redirect {
      statusCode: number
      location: string
  }
  // end

  interface gotoOpts {
    replaceState: boolean
  }
  function goto(href: string, opts : gotoOpts /*= { replaceState: false }*/): Promise<unknown>
  function prefetch(href: string): Promise<{ redirect?: Redirect; data?: unknown }>
  function prefetchRoutes(pathnames: string[]): Promise<unknown>
  function start(opts: { target: Node }): Promise<unknown>
  const stores: () => unknown

  export { goto, prefetch, prefetchRoutes, start, stores }
}

declare module '@sapper/server' {
  import { RequestHandler } from 'express'

  interface MiddlewareOptions {
      session?: (req: Express.Request, res: Express.Response) => unknown
      ignore?: unknown
  }

  function middleware(opts?: MiddlewareOptions): RequestHandler

  export { middleware }
}

declare module '@sapper/service-worker' {
  const timestamp: number
  const files: string[]
  const shell: string[]
  const routes: { pattern: RegExp }[]

  export { timestamp, files, files as assets, shell, routes }
}

rollup.config.js

import resolve from 'rollup-plugin-node-resolve';
import replace from 'rollup-plugin-replace';
import commonjs from 'rollup-plugin-commonjs';
import svelte from 'rollup-plugin-svelte';
import babel from 'rollup-plugin-babel';
import { terser } from 'rollup-plugin-terser';
import config from 'sapper/config/rollup.js';
import pkg from './package.json';

import {
	createEnv,
	preprocess,
	readConfigFile,
} from "svelte-ts-preprocess"
import typescript from "rollup-plugin-typescript2"

const env = createEnv();
const compilerOptions = readConfigFile(env);
const opts = {
	env,
	compilerOptions: {
		...compilerOptions,
		allowNonTsExtensions: true
	}
}

const mode = process.env.NODE_ENV;
const dev = mode === 'development';
const legacy = !!process.env.SAPPER_LEGACY_BUILD;

const onwarn = (warning, onwarn) => (warning.code === 'CIRCULAR_DEPENDENCY' && /[/\\]@sapper[/\\]/.test(warning.message)) || onwarn(warning);
const dedupe = importee => importee === 'svelte' || importee.startsWith('svelte/');

export default {
	client: {
		input: config.client.input().replace(/\.js$/, '.ts'),
		output: config.client.output(),
		plugins: [
			replace({
				'process.browser': true,
				'process.env.NODE_ENV': JSON.stringify(mode)
			}),
			svelte({
				dev,
				hydratable: true,
				emitCss: true,
				preprocess: preprocess(opts)
			}),
			resolve({
				browser: true,
				dedupe
			}),
			commonjs(),
			typescript(),

			legacy && babel({
				extensions: ['.js', '.mjs', '.html', '.svelte'],
				runtimeHelpers: true,
				exclude: ['node_modules/@babel/**'],
				presets: [
					['@babel/preset-env', {
						targets: '> 0.25%, not dead'
					}]
				],
				plugins: [
					'@babel/plugin-syntax-dynamic-import',
					['@babel/plugin-transform-runtime', {
						useESModules: true
					}]
				]
			}),

			!dev && terser({
				module: true
			})
		],

		onwarn,
	},

	server: {
		input: config.server.input().server.replace(/\.js$/, '.ts'),
		output: config.server.output(),
		plugins: [
			replace({
				'process.browser': false,
				'process.env.NODE_ENV': JSON.stringify(mode)
			}),
			svelte({
				generate: 'ssr',
				dev,
				preprocess: preprocess(dev)
			}),
			resolve({
				dedupe
			}),
			commonjs(),
			typescript(),
		],
		external: Object.keys(pkg.dependencies).concat(
			require('module').builtinModules || Object.keys(process.binding('natives'))
		),

		onwarn,
	},

	serviceworker: {
		input: config.serviceworker.input(), // .replace(/\.js$/, '.ts'), Haven't fixed the Typescript compiler errors for this file yet
		output: config.serviceworker.output(),
		plugins: [
			resolve(),
			replace({
				'process.browser': true,
				'process.env.NODE_ENV': JSON.stringify(mode)
			}),
			commonjs(),
			typescript(),
			!dev && terser()
		],

		onwarn,
	}
};

svelte.config.js

// if you use VS Code, then this goes in $PROJECT_ROOT

const { preprocess } = require("svelte-ts-preprocess")

module.exports = {
  preprocess: preprocess()
}

tsconfig.json

{
  "include": ["src/**/*"],
  "exclude": ["node_modules/*"],
  "compilerOptions": {
    /* Basic Options */
    "target": "ESNEXT",                          /* Specify ECMAScript target version: 'ES3' (default), 'ES5', 'ES2015', 'ES2016', 'ES2017','ES2018' or 'ESNEXT'. */
    "module": "ESNEXT",                     /* Specify module code generation: 'none', 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd', 'es2015', or 'ESNext'. */
    // "lib": [],                             /* Specify library files to be included in the compilation. */
    // "allowJs": true,                       /* Allow javascript files to be compiled. */
    // "checkJs": true,                       /* Report errors in .js files. */
    // "jsx": "preserve",                     /* Specify JSX code generation: 'preserve', 'react-native', or 'react'. */
    // "declaration": true,                   /* Generates corresponding '.d.ts' file. */
    // "declarationMap": true,                /* Generates a sourcemap for each corresponding '.d.ts' file. */
    // "sourceMap": true,                     /* Generates corresponding '.map' file. */
    // "outFile": "./",                       /* Concatenate and emit output to single file. */
    // "outDir": "./",                        /* Redirect output structure to the directory. */
    // "rootDir": "./",                       /* Specify the root directory of input files. Use to control the output directory structure with --outDir. */
    // "composite": true,                     /* Enable project compilation */
    // "removeComments": true,                /* Do not emit comments to output. */
    // "noEmit": true,                        /* Do not emit outputs. */
    // "importHelpers": true,                 /* Import emit helpers from 'tslib'. */
    // "downlevelIteration": true,            /* Provide full support for iterables in 'for-of', spread, and destructuring when targeting 'ES5' or 'ES3'. */
    // "isolatedModules": true,               /* Transpile each file as a separate module (similar to 'ts.transpileModule'). */

    /* Strict Type-Checking Options */
    "strict": true,                           /* Enable all strict type-checking options. */
    // "noImplicitAny": false,                /* Raise error on expressions and declarations with an implied 'any' type. */
    // "strictNullChecks": true,              /* Enable strict null checks. */
    // "strictFunctionTypes": true,           /* Enable strict checking of function types. */
    // "strictBindCallApply": true,           /* Enable strict 'bind', 'call', and 'apply' methods on functions. */
    // "strictPropertyInitialization": true,  /* Enable strict checking of property initialization in classes. */
    // "noImplicitThis": true,                /* Raise error on 'this' expressions with an implied 'any' type. */
    // "alwaysStrict": true,                  /* Parse in strict mode and emit "use strict" for each source file. */

    /* Additional Checks */
    // "noUnusedLocals": true,                /* Report errors on unused locals. */
    // "noUnusedParameters": true,            /* Report errors on unused parameters. */
    // "noImplicitReturns": true,             /* Report error when not all code paths in function return a value. */
    // "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,    /* Report errors for fallthrough cases in switch statement. */

    /* Module Resolution Options */
    "moduleResolution": "node",            /* Specify module resolution strategy: 'node' (Node.js) or 'classic' (TypeScript pre-1.6). */
    // "baseUrl": "./",                       /* Base directory to resolve non-absolute module names. */
    // "paths": {},                           /* A series of entries which re-map imports to lookup locations relative to the 'baseUrl'. */
    // "rootDirs": [],                        /* List of root folders whose combined content represents the structure of the project at runtime. */
    "typeRoots": ["typings"],                       /* List of folders to include type definitions from. */
    "types": ["svelte", "@sapper"],                           /* Type declaration files to be included in compilation. */
    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,  /* Allow default imports from modules with no default export. This does not affect code emit, just typechecking. */
    "esModuleInterop": true                   /* Enables emit interoperability between CommonJS and ES Modules via creation of namespace objects for all imports. Implies 'allowSyntheticDefaultImports'. */
    // "preserveSymlinks": true,              /* Do not resolve the real path of symlinks. */

    /* Source Map Options */
    // "sourceRoot": "",                      /* Specify the location where debugger should locate TypeScript files instead of source locations. */
    // "mapRoot": "",                         /* Specify the location where debugger should locate map files instead of generated locations. */
    // "inlineSourceMap": true,               /* Emit a single file with source maps instead of having a separate file. */
    // "inlineSources": true,                 /* Emit the source alongside the sourcemaps within a single file; requires '--inlineSourceMap' or '--sourceMap' to be set. */

    /* Experimental Options */
    // "experimentalDecorators": true,        /* Enables experimental support for ES7 decorators. */
    // "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,         /* Enables experimental support for emitting type metadata for decorators. */
  }
}

Wonderful Thanks

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