How to get intellisense for third-party JavaScript libraries in VS Code

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  • DefinitelyTyped

    The repository for high quality TypeScript type definitions.

    • Types for these packages are mostly sourced from the DefinitelyTyped GitHub repo.There are some other packages that follow this @types/<> naming convention. You can search for NPM packages that have type definitions using https://www.typescriptlang.org/dt/search?search=.

  • Visual Studio Code

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    • One thing to note is that the type definitions don't provide intellisense inside script tags in your HTML file. There is an open issue requesting this feature.

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  • GreenSock-JS

    GSAP (GreenSock Animation Platform), a JavaScript animation library for the modern web

    • One drawback is that not all the packages are up-to-date. I found @types/gsap to be incomplete. It does not include a definition for the gsap object. The gsap npm package covers the entire API, and the function descriptions have more detail. So, you can install that as a dependency instead - npm install --save-dev gsap.

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