Best way to make jquery ui with typescript

Question

I'm making a jquery widget with widget factory typed in typescript. How to provide a good intellisense without having to write .d.ts ?

ex:

/*mywidget.ts*/

$.widget("ui.mywidget", {
    options: {
        myoption: ""
    },
    doSomething: function () {
        this._hasDoSomething = true;
        /*do doSomething*/
    },
    hasDoSomething: function (): bool {
        return <bool>this._hasDoSomething;
    }
});

/*mywidget.d.ts*/
interface MyWidgetOptions {
    myoption: string;
}

interface MyWidget extends Widget, MyWidgetOptions {}

interface NLIB { 
    mywidget: MyWidget;
}

interface JQuery {
    mywidget(): JQuery;
    mywidget(methodName: string): JQuery;
    mywidget(options: MyWidgetOptions): JQuery;
    mywidget(optionLiteral: string, optionName: string): any;
    mywidget(optionLiteral: string, options: MyWidgetOptions): any;
    mywidget(optionLiteral: string, optionName: string, optionValue: any): JQuery;
}

interface JQueryStatic {
    nlib: NLIB;
}


/// <reference path="teste.d.ts" />
$(".teste").mywidget({
    myoption: "asdadds"
});

Too boring to write .d.ts for each plugin. Any alternative ?

note: If I don't include a mywidget.d.ts this code will no compile and I will not have intellisense:

///<reference path="path/to/jqueryui-1.9.d.ts"/>
$(".teste").mywidget({ 
    myoption: "asdadds"
});

/* compiler out: ... the property 'mywidget' does not exist on value of type 'JQuery' */

Answer 1

The DefinitelyTyped project on GitHub provides definition files for most of the popular JavaScript libraries.

All you need to do is download the file you need and reference it in your code like:

///<reference path="path/to/jqueryui-1.9.d.ts"/>

Answer 2

If you do not want a .d.ts file, just use the declare keyword before your interface. For an example, see my answer at https://stackoverflow.com/a/16967239/1859442