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@types/jasmine

2.2.29

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Version 2.2.29 Details

The @types/jasmine package provides TypeScript definitions for the Jasmine testing framework, enabling developers to write type-safe Jasmine tests in their TypeScript projects. Comparing version 2.2.29 and the older 1.3.7 reveals significant differences reflecting Jasmine's evolution and TypeScript's improving capabilities.

Version 2.2.29 targets Jasmine 2.2, released in 2016. The author is listed as Boris Yankov. The older version 1.3.7 has a much more recent release date of November 2023, demonstrating that it was likely a re-release or republish of an older version. While the older version doesn't specify a target Jasmine version directly, its description and much later release date suggest it might be a republishing.

For developers, the key consideration is aligning the @types/jasmine version with the Jasmine version used in their project. Using an outdated version can lead to type mismatches and errors, particularly with Jasmine's evolving matchers and APIs.

Furthermore, because later Typescript versions come with breaking changes, a much older version such as 1.3.7 might lack features useful for modern Typescript development such as support for newer language features like generics, conditional types, and mapped types, limiting the expressiveness of the type definitions and potentially hindering test development. Choosing a version close to the Jasmine library version being used allows for seamless integration and reduces the likelihood of encountering type-related issues, ensuring confidence in the accuracy of test coverage.

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