Getting Type information for native module?

[KokoDoko]

I am importing the excalibur library as a native .esm module from https://esm.sh/excalibur. In my code I use import like this

import { Engine, Actor, CollisionType, ImageSource, Loader, Vector, Physics } from '../library/excalibur.esm.js'

let game = new Engine({...})
let enemy = new Actor({...})

// etc.

This works fine, but I don't get the type information that is included when you use the node_modules folder. I have tried extracting index.d.ts from there, but it links to other files in node_modules

Is there a way to get type information without installing the entire node_modules folder? It seems a bit overkill?

[eonarheim]

@KokoDoko I'll need to look into esm a bit more, our current esm support isn't the best and is still a little experimental unfortunately. I'll make an issue to look into improving the ESM type story.

Issue #2367

@kamranayub Do you have any ideas around ESM and types?

@KokoDoko What tools are you using with your esm setup so I can reproduce your environment?

[KokoDoko]

I am creating my excalibur project using native .es6 modules, without a module bundler. Loading excalibur this way works quite well!
I put an example here: https://codesandbox.io/s/excaliquarium-wyyh1m

This problem is not specific to Excalibur, I have also encountered it with ThreeJS and PixiJS. You can load them as a native module, but the type information remains hidden in the node_modules folder.