support for additional types for terraform output and cdktf synth (#88)

* support for additional types for terraform output and cdktf synth

* version 0.0.6

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 0.0.6
+
+- Typescript examples and template defaults for synthesize commands to compile application (#63)
+- Terraform Output doesn't handle Optional Types (#83)
+
 ## 0.0.5
 
 - Document Terraform outputs and remote backend (#64)

docs/getting-started/typescript.md

@@ -79,19 +79,11 @@ new MyStack(app, 'hello-terraform');
 app.synth();
 ```
 
-**Compile Application**
-
-You can now compile the application by running `npm run compile` or `yarn compile`.
-
-```bash
-yarn compile
-```
-
-This will compile TypeScript to Javascript.
-
 **Synthesize Application**
 
 When you are ready you can run the `synthesize` command to generate Terraform JSON configuration for the application.
+Running the command will compile the application `npm run compile` or `yarn compile` in the background for
+you which will compile TypeScript to Javascript.
 
 ```bash
 cdktf synth

examples/typescript-aws-cloudfront-proxy/cdktf.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "language": "typescript",
-  "app": "node main.js",
+  "app": "yarn compile && node main.js",
   "terraformProviders": ["aws@~> 2.0"]
 }

examples/typescript-aws/cdktf.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "language": "typescript",
-  "app": "node main.js",
+  "app": "yarn compile && node main.js",
   "terraformProviders": ["aws@~> 2.0"],
   "terraformModules": ["terraform-aws-modules/eks/aws", "terraform-aws-modules/vpc/aws"]
 }

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "root",
-  "version": "0.0.5",
+  "version": "0.0.6",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "build": "lerna run build",

packages/cdktf-cli/templates/typescript/cdktf.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "language": "typescript",
-  "app": "node main.js",
+  "app": "yarn compile && node main.js",
   "terraformProviders": ["aws@~> 2.0"]
 }

packages/cdktf/lib/terraform-output.ts

@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ import { TerraformResource } from "./terraform-resource"
 import { keysToSnakeCase } from "./util"
 
 export interface TerraformOutputConfig {
-  readonly value: string | number | boolean | any[] | {[key: string]: any};
+  readonly value: string | number | boolean | any[] | { [key: string]: any } | undefined;
   readonly description?: string;
   readonly sensitive?: boolean;
   readonly dependsOn?: TerraformResource[];
 }
 
 export class TerraformOutput extends TerraformElement {
-  public value: string | number | boolean | any[] | {[key: string]: any};
+  public value: string | number | boolean | any[] | { [key: string]: any } | undefined;
   public description?: string;
   public sensitive?: boolean;
   public dependsOn?: TerraformResource[];