Defold Extensions
Defold is a modular engine, with a ton of functionality available through Lua libraries or native extensions.
Since every extension has its own unique API, they're tricky to use with a strictly typed language like TypeScript. Here's how we handle it:
Library
The @ts-defold/library contains user-submitted
types for popular Defold extensions. The library is included in all ts-defold templates.
Install your preferred extensions in Defold, then type npm run resolve to fetch
the matching types from the library.
Ext-Type-Gen
The ext-type-gen tool can parse Defold native extensions that contain a script_api, and generate types automagically.
Write Your Own
If all else fails, you can read the documentation and write your own types. Your preferred AI tool (like Chat-GPT) may also be able to help get you most of the way there.