How do I disable TypeScript altogether?

[drifting saddle]

I'm loving Payload, but I hate TypeScript. In the docs I saw mention of a "JS Version". How do I configure Payload so I can use only JS?

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[old ridge]

I think on installation there's an option to use TypeScript in the project

[drifting saddle]

@old ridge Yes, I saw that in the docs as well, but the option did not appear when I was creating my project via the CLI>

[somber crow]

I think it's enough to just, well, delete the tsconfig file, uninstall typrscript in your project and rename all files to .js

Then you can also use node instead of ts-node to run your project

Don't think there is anything in payload which requires you to use TypeScript

[drifting saddle]

@somber crow Aces. I'll give that a try. Thanks for taking the time.

[drifting saddle]

@somber crow Okay, my initial experimentation with the "rip it out" approach you described has hit some snags.

First, I need to add type: module to the package.json file in order to use import. But, that causes an issue in the Payload Core where require is being used to bring an instance of node-fetch into the /node_modules/payload/dist/uploads/getFileByURL.js module.

Seems that TS may be a hard dependency after all. Shame. I really like Payload. But I hate TS more.

[bronze perch]

It doesn't work because you are trying to use ES Modules through type: module when payload depends on CommonJS. It's not an issue in TS, because TS also acts as transpilation to CommonJS. That's not a hard dependency on TS though, other transpilers can do that job as well.

[rose marlin]

^^ @bronze perch nailed it

@drifting saddle you should certainly be able to run Payload without TS, it's not an intrinsic relationship

but you'll need some sort of transpiler, as the Payload config supports React components which Node can't run on its own obviously

[drifting saddle]

@bronze perch Ah, I see. So if I go with JS-mode then I should use require('cjs-module-name') instead of import?

@bronze perch Roger. Good to know.

Do you have an any docs or examples that illustrate the best practices and transpiler config that I could use to make this a reality?