Tags: howto, TypeScript
TypeScript: defining a top-level function
I use Lift as a web framework. Lift allows to generate JavaScript code and than to execute it on the page. I needed to execute a JavaScript function from that generated code. Since I use TypeScript for frontend development, I faced a problem here: How to create a global scoped function? Something like: window.myFunction = function(){ // … } Fortunately, I found a trick. Behold: ;( <any> window).myFunction = function():void { // … } For TSX: ;( window as any).myFunction = function():void { // … } Now you can call this function from JavaScript inside <script> tags