typescript-language-server VS kickstart.nvim

Besides the features TypeScript itself proposed, the most important thing it brought to the community was the ability to create cool features around this compiler that enhance the developer experience and productivity. Tools like tsserver, pretty ts errors, and many others are actively improving the ecosystem for both JavaScript and TypeScript writers.

Sometimes a language server can support multiple filetypes. An example of this is tsserver, the language server for javascript and typescript. In this case a filetype plugin can still work but there is an easier way to go about it.

in this way the ts server can detect and parse the component from the microfronent, thanks to monorepos!

That was interesting, thanks for pointing it out

I was tremendously sad to see that the Typescript Language Server wasn't owned by Microsoft <https://microsoft.github.io/language-server-protocol/impleme...>, since if there was any sanity in the world a spec bump would travel with a reference implementation showing how they envision such a thing being used

But, I found that the Typescript Language Server that they did list does indeed have a semantic-tokens module in it, although it's much shorter than I would have expected from reading that section in the spec: https://github.com/typescript-language-server/typescript-lan...

I would like to use svelte language server when working on +page.server.ts files and not the typescript language server.

[[language]] name = "python" roots = ["pyproject.toml"] formatter = { command = "black", args = ["--quiet", "-"] } language-server = { command = "pyright-langserver", args = ["--stdio"] } config = {} auto-format = true [[language]] name = "rust" auto-format = true # [[language]] # name = "typescript" # auto-format = true # formatter = { command = "prettier", args = ["--parser", "typescript"]} # # pass format options according to https://github.com/typescript-language-server/typescript-language-server#workspacedidchangeconfiguration omitting the "[language].format." prefix. # config = { format = { "semicolons" = "insert", "insertSpaceBeforeFunctionParenthesis" = true } } [[language]] name = "tsx" formatter = { command = 'prettier', args = ["--parser", "typescript"] } auto-format = true [[language]] name = "javascript" auto-format = true formatter = { command = 'npx', args = ["prettier", "--config", ".prettierrc", "--parser", "javascript"] } # formatter = { command = "prettier", args = ["--parser", "javascript"]} [[language]] name = "css" formatter = { command = 'prettier', args = ["--parser", "css"] } [[language]] name = "markdown" # https://github.com/executablebooks/mdformat formatter = { command = "mdformat", args = ["-"] } [[language]] name = "json" formatter = { command = "prettier", args = ["--parser", "json"] } [[language]] name = "toml" auto-format = true # https://github.com/bd82/toml-tools/tree/master/packages/prettier-plugin-toml formatter = { command = "prettier", args = ["--parser", "toml"] } [[language]] name = "yaml" indent = { tab-width = 2, unit = " " } formatter = { command = "prettier", args = ["--parser", "yaml"] } [[language]] name = "astro" scope = "source.astro" injection-regex = "astro" file-types = ["astro"] roots = ["package.json", "astro.config.mjs"] language-server = { command = "astro-ls", args = ["--stdio"] } config = { "typescript" = { serverPath = "/Users/matteostara/.nvm/versions/node/v18.16.0/bin/typescript-language-server" }, "environment" = "node" }

Depending on the language server version, you may be running into https://github.com/typescript-language-server/typescript-language-server/issues/631. I temporarily fixed it for me by simply sticking with an old enough server build, though judging by the latest typescript-language-server commits a very recent build from master should also work

Before, I was using typescript-language-server as it is LSP compliant but it was slow and lacks the features of what VSCode's implementation has, like extracting functions, constants, types into interfaces or alias and single imports. Auto-completion was also not very predictive as sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. For instance, I was having trouble getting it to auto-complete common attributes like className or href in JSX projects. It could be that I may be doing something wrong but didn't find any solution on how to get it properly working.

Then this is highly likely issue of typescript-language-server. You might consider opening an issue for it.

Out of the box it offers almost nothing, but after 7 years of development I like that. I love the idea of customizing to my needs my IDE, so with the help of kickstart.nvim I have with 1 minute of installing and 10 extra minutes of configuration a complete IDE.

I recently started coding with Neovim using kickstart.nvim as the template for my editor configuration. I downloaded the python-lsp-server package using Mason, but I was disappointed to discover that the IntelliSense on my third party dependencies didn't work. The LSP was resolving to my global Python installation, which did not have the packages from my virtual environment (venv) installed.

First thing I did was get kickstart.nvim. I had heard it was extremely useful (and it was). It was very easy to install. I start reading through init.lua, and it told me to run :Tutor, which is almost 1,000 lines of learning how to use Neovim, to which I obviously ran that command and started reading. Obviously, it takes a bit of time to complete :Tutor, but it's well worth it. "hjkl" wasn't too hard to get used to, also repeating motions by using numbers was useful, such as using '5dd' to delete 5 lines. I highly suggest reading this file, especially since I didn't really know about the different modes, which is probably why I failed to switch the other times. You would start writing your code, then Neovim would say that it can't find that command, you would accidently type an i and then start typing, and so on, it was a nightmare. For those that don't know the modes, here is each mode and how to get between them.

I also suggest against using distributions. Instead of learning how to configure nvim itself you're learning to configure that specific distro.

I suggest to take someone's lua config and start from there. Kickstart.nvim is a good one: https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim

1) the option I wouldn’t chose, use Kickstarter. It’s a minimal starter config, using a single init.lua that helps you build a config slowly. https://github.com/nvim-lua/kickstart.nvim

I highly recommend Lazyvim for if you want to have a VSCode (ish) like experience that still exposes you to configuring in Lua. Or Kickstart.nvim if you want a more "from scratch" experience

In case it is helpful, I am using kickstart.nvim with only minor modifications.

One of the project goals is to become something like kickstart.nvim. Or, to be a reference if someone doesn't know how to do something.