Any starter kit or sample to use TypeScript in IBM Cloud Functions / OpenWhisk?

Question

I am developing actions in IBM Cloud Functions and so far have used Node.js / Javascript and Python for coding. I haven't seen instructions on how to use TypeScript with IBM Cloud Functions.

What is the recommended way of using TypeScript, is it to deploy a Docker container or can I use it similar to (more or less) simple JavaScript actions? Any starter packages or samples?

Answer 1

I found the following guidelines so far:

• This blog describes using TypeScript in a Docker container with OpenWhisk / IBM Cloud Functions
• A second approach is to directly compile and bundle TypeScript actions using webpack and deploy via wskdeploy. It is described in this IBM Cloud Functions TypeScript Starter and the related blog on building IBM Cloud Functions with TypeScript. It even has instructions on unit testing with Mocha.