feat: transpile tns-core-modules via nativescript-dev-webpack

This commit:
- adds `tns-core-modules/xml/xml.js` to source control as required by `nativescript-dev-webpack`:
NativeScript/nativescript-dev-webpack#932
- configures the `tsconfig.json` file of tests
- delete irrelevent steps from the development workflow instructions

Author: vchimev

Diff for: .gitignore

@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ tscommand*.tmp.txt
 
 # Other
 *.js
+# https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-dev-webpack/issues/932
+!tns-core-modules/xml/xml.js
 !tests/hooks/**/*.*
 !gruntfile.js
 !js-libs/**/*.*

Diff for: DevelopmentWorkflow.md

@@ -42,12 +42,6 @@ Install devDependencies:
 npm install
 ```
 
-Run `setup` script. This will [`npm link`](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/link) the `tns-core-modules` and `tns-core-modules-declarations` dependencies inside the `tests` and `apps` projects.
-
-```bash
-npm run setup
-```
-
 ## TypeScript
 
 The following commands are commonly used to compile the `tns-core-modules`:
@@ -68,24 +62,17 @@ The modules have `typescript` as a devDependency so you should also be able to u
 ./node_modules/.bin/tsc
 ```
 
-You can compile the TypeScript files in the `tns-core-modules`, `tns-platform-declarations`, `apps` and `tests` at once at the root of the repo:
+You can compile the TypeScript files in the `tns-core-modules` and `tns-platform-declarations` at once at the root of the repo:
 
 ```bash
 npm run tsc
 ```
 
 ## Running Unit Tests
 
-The test app is an ordinary NativeScript app that logs the test results as it go.
-After the [initial setup](#initial-setup) you can run the tests with:
-
-```bash
-# Make sure TypeScript is transpiled
-tsc
-
-# Run the tests app
-tns run ios --path tests
-tns run android --path tests
+```
+cd ./tests
+tns run android| ios
 ```
 
 ## Running the Test App

Diff for: tests/package.json

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     "tns-core-modules": "file:../tns-core-modules"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "nativescript-dev-webpack": "~0.22.0",
+    "nativescript-dev-webpack": "next",
     "node-sass": "^4.12.0",
     "tns-platform-declarations": "file:../tns-platform-declarations",
     "typescript": "~3.4.1"

Diff for: tests/tsconfig.json

@@ -17,8 +17,13 @@
             ]
         }
     },
+    "include": [
+        "../tns-core-modules",
+        "**/*"
+    ],
     "exclude": [
+        "../tns-core-modules/node_modules",
         "node_modules",
         "platforms"
     ]
-}
+}

Diff for: tns-core-modules/package.json

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/node": "~7.0.5",
-    "tns-platform-declarations": "*"
+    "tns-platform-declarations": "file:../tns-platform-declarations"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "version": "conventional-changelog -p angular -i ../CHANGELOG.md -s && git add ../CHANGELOG.md"

Diff for: tns-core-modules/references.d.ts

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-/// <reference path="./node_modules/tns-platform-declarations/ios.d.ts" />
-/// <reference path="./node_modules/tns-platform-declarations/android.d.ts" />
+/// <reference path="../tns-platform-declarations/ios.d.ts" />
+/// <reference path="../tns-platform-declarations/android.d.ts" />

Diff for: tns-core-modules/xml/xml.js

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// TODO: Delete `tns-core-modules/xml/xml.js` from source control after
+// https://github.com/NativeScript/nativescript-dev-webpack/issues/932
+
 import * as definition from ".";
 import * as easysax from "../js-libs/easysax";