Josh Goldberg • 6/22/2021

TypeScript Contribution Diary: Improved errors for empty DOM interfaces

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This article details a contribution to TypeScript to improve developer experience. It explains how missing the 'dom' lib in tsconfig.json results in empty interface types for DOM elements, leading to unhelpful errors. The fix detects access to properties on these empty DOM interfaces and suggests adding 'dom' to the 'lib' compiler option.

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