using slick-carousel with typescript

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using slick-carousel with typescript

5.2k Views Asked by Inx51 At 04 April 2025 at 09:26

Im new to typescript and im trying to get the a hang on the concept of how modules/packages works in typescript..

I am currently in the need of using slick-carousel to create a simple image slider.

However.. I have managed to install jquery.. but I dont quite get how to get slick to work with typescript.

So far I have used npm typings to install my packages.

So I just ran typings install slick-carousel.. and the definition-file showed up fine.. however.. the definition-file contains no declaration only interfaces.. So I cant really "import" slick-carousel into the file where I need to use it (I might be wrong).. so I guess that the package is supposed to extend the already existing jquery import in some why..

However.. If I do this:

import * as $ from 'jquery';

class Splash {
    init() {
        $.slick();
    }
}

then

$.slick();

cant be resolved..

so.. how do you "import" a package that only extends a pre-existing package like jquery?

Thanks in advance!

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**Jesse Johnson** · Answer 1

Using an AMD module loader (example RequireJS) would ensure your code only runs once all external modules, and their dependencies, have been loaded.

Here is an example using RequireJS with a shim config:

index.html

<head>
    <title>jQuery++Slick+RequireJS Sample Page</title>
    <script data-main="app" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/require.js/2.3.2/require.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <h1>jQuery++Slick+RequireJS Sample Page</h1>
    <p>Look at source or inspect the DOM to see how it works.</p>
</body>

</html>

app.js (after compiled from app.ts)

requirejs.config({
    baseUrl: ".",
    paths: {
        "jquery": "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js"
        "slick": "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/jquery.slick/1.6.0/slick.min.js"
    },
    shim: {
        'jquery': {
            exports: '$'
        }
        'slick': {
            deps: ['jquery'],
            exports: '$.fn.slick'
        }
    }
});

requirejs(["jquery", "slick"], function($) {

    // Code within this function will only execute
    // once jQuery and Slick have been loaded.
    //
    // The configuration above ensures jQuery will always 
    // be loaded before slick.

    $.slick();

});

The RequireJS documentation has a whole section on how to use with jQuery

**Ayushi Jain** · Answer 2

Ayushi Jain On 27 January 2020 at 19:02

you will need to declare $ . you can use declare var $: any;

declare var $: any;
class Splash {
    init() {
        $.slick();
    }
}

It won't give you error anymore :).

**Amir Shirazi** · Answer 3

install jquery
install slick-carousel
install @typings\slick-carousel
Add slick.css from the node_modules
optional: Add slick-theme.css.

At the top of the TS file add these 2 imports:

import $ from 'jquery';
import 'slick-carousel';

Then use it like below:

$('.your-class').slick()

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