diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index cdb8bd2..511452d 100755
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 space := $(empty) $(empty)
 comma := ,
 
-CROSS_LANGS = @MAYBE_CPP@ @MAYBE_C_GLIB@ @MAYBE_CL@ @MAYBE_D@ @MAYBE_JAVA@ @MAYBE_CSHARP@ @MAYBE_PYTHON@ @MAYBE_PY3@ @MAYBE_RUBY@ @MAYBE_HASKELL@ @MAYBE_PERL@ @MAYBE_PHP@ @MAYBE_GO@ @MAYBE_NODEJS@ @MAYBE_DART@ @MAYBE_ERLANG@ @MAYBE_LUA@ @MAYBE_RS@ @MAYBE_DOTNETCORE@
+CROSS_LANGS = @MAYBE_CPP@ @MAYBE_C_GLIB@ @MAYBE_CL@ @MAYBE_D@ @MAYBE_JAVA@ @MAYBE_CSHARP@ @MAYBE_PYTHON@ @MAYBE_PY3@ @MAYBE_RUBY@ @MAYBE_HASKELL@ @MAYBE_PERL@ @MAYBE_PHP@ @MAYBE_GO@ @MAYBE_NODEJS@ @MAYBE_DART@ @MAYBE_ERLANG@ @MAYBE_LUA@ @MAYBE_RS@ @MAYBE_DOTNETCORE@ @MAYBE_NODETS@
 CROSS_LANGS_COMMA_SEPARATED = $(subst $(space),$(comma),$(CROSS_LANGS))
 
 if WITH_PY3
diff --git a/compiler/cpp/src/thrift/generate/t_js_generator.cc b/compiler/cpp/src/thrift/generate/t_js_generator.cc
index 840168e..61782b9 100644
--- a/compiler/cpp/src/thrift/generate/t_js_generator.cc
+++ b/compiler/cpp/src/thrift/generate/t_js_generator.cc
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 
     bool with_ns_ = false;
 
-    for( iter = parsed_options.begin(); iter != parsed_options.end(); ++iter) {
+    for (iter = parsed_options.begin(); iter != parsed_options.end(); ++iter) {
       if( iter->first.compare("node") == 0) {
         gen_node_ = true;
       } else if( iter->first.compare("jquery") == 0) {
@@ -80,10 +80,6 @@
       }
     }
 
-    if (gen_node_ && gen_ts_) {
-      throw "Invalid switch: [-gen js:node,ts] options not compatible";
-    }
-
     if (gen_es6_ && gen_jquery_) {
       throw "Invalid switch: [-gen js:es6,jquery] options not compatible";
     }
@@ -203,6 +199,7 @@
    */
 
   std::string js_includes();
+  std::string ts_includes();
   std::string render_includes();
   std::string declare_field(t_field* tfield, bool init = false, bool obj = false);
   std::string function_signature(t_function* tfunction,
@@ -285,7 +282,7 @@
    * TypeScript Definition File helper functions
    */
 
-  string ts_function_signature(t_function* tfunction, bool include_callback);
+  string ts_function_signature(t_function* tfunction, bool include_callback, bool optional_callback);
   string ts_get_type(t_type* type);
 
   /**
@@ -302,11 +299,11 @@
   string ts_declare() { return (ts_module_.empty() ? "declare " : ""); }
 
   /**
-   * Returns "?" if the given field is optional.
+   * Returns "?" if the given field is optional or has a default value.
    * @param t_field The field to check
    * @return string
    */
-  string ts_get_req(t_field* field) { return (field->get_req() == t_field::T_OPTIONAL ? "?" : ""); }
+  string ts_get_req(t_field* field) {return (field->get_req() == t_field::T_OPTIONAL || field->get_value() != NULL ? "?" : ""); }
 
   /**
    * Returns the documentation, if the provided documentable object has one.
@@ -415,7 +412,7 @@
   f_types_ << js_includes() << endl << render_includes() << endl;
 
   if (gen_ts_) {
-    f_types_ts_ << autogen_comment() << endl;
+    f_types_ts_ << autogen_comment() << ts_includes() << endl;
   }
 
   if (gen_node_) {
@@ -458,6 +455,20 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * Prints standard ts imports
+ */
+string t_js_generator::ts_includes() {
+  if (gen_node_) {
+    return string(
+        "import thrift = require('thrift');\n"
+        "import Thrift = thrift.Thrift;\n"
+        "import Q = thrift.Q;\n");
+  }
+
+  return "";
+}
+
+/**
  * Renders all the imports necessary for including another Thrift program
  */
 string t_js_generator::render_includes() {
@@ -518,8 +529,8 @@
 
   indent_up();
 
-  vector<t_enum_value*> constants = tenum->get_constants();
-  vector<t_enum_value*>::iterator c_iter;
+  vector<t_enum_value*> const& constants = tenum->get_constants();
+  vector<t_enum_value*>::const_iterator c_iter;
   for (c_iter = constants.begin(); c_iter != constants.end(); ++c_iter) {
     int value = (*c_iter)->get_value();
     if (gen_ts_) {
@@ -720,6 +731,11 @@
     string prefix = has_js_namespace(tstruct->get_program()) ? js_namespace(tstruct->get_program()) : js_const_type_;
     out << prefix << tstruct->get_name() <<
       (is_exported ? " = module.exports." + tstruct->get_name() : "");
+    if (gen_ts_) {
+      f_types_ts_ << ts_print_doc(tstruct) << ts_indent() << ts_declare() << "class "
+                  << tstruct->get_name() << (is_exception ? " extends Thrift.TException" : "")
+                  << " {" << endl;
+    }
   } else {
     out << js_namespace(tstruct->get_program()) << tstruct->get_name();
     if (gen_ts_) {
@@ -766,8 +782,14 @@
       out << indent() << dval << ";" << endl;
     }
     if (gen_ts_) {
-      f_types_ts_ << ts_indent() << (*m_iter)->get_name() << ": "
-                  << ts_get_type((*m_iter)->get_type()) << ";" << endl;
+      if (gen_node_) {
+        f_types_ts_ << ts_indent() << "public " << (*m_iter)->get_name() << ": "
+                    << ts_get_type((*m_iter)->get_type()) << ";" << endl;
+      } else {
+        f_types_ts_ << ts_indent() << (*m_iter)->get_name() << ": "
+                    << ts_get_type((*m_iter)->get_type()) << ";" << endl;
+      }
+      
     }
   }
 
@@ -1065,6 +1087,39 @@
                     << ".d.ts\" />" << endl;
     }
     f_service_ts_ << autogen_comment() << endl;
+    if (gen_node_) {
+      f_service_ts_ << ts_includes() << endl;
+      f_service_ts_ << "import ttypes = require('./" + program_->get_name() + "_types');" << endl;
+      // Generate type aliases
+      // enum
+      vector<t_enum*> const& enums = program_->get_enums();
+      vector<t_enum*>::const_iterator e_iter;
+      for (e_iter = enums.begin(); e_iter != enums.end(); ++e_iter) {
+        f_service_ts_ << "import " << (*e_iter)->get_name() << " = ttypes."
+                  << js_namespace(program_) << (*e_iter)->get_name() << endl;
+      }
+      // const
+      vector<t_const*> const& consts = program_->get_consts();
+      vector<t_const*>::const_iterator c_iter;
+      for (c_iter = consts.begin(); c_iter != consts.end(); ++c_iter) {
+        f_service_ts_ << "import " << (*c_iter)->get_name() << " = ttypes."
+                  << js_namespace(program_) << (*c_iter)->get_name() << endl;
+      }
+      // exception
+      vector<t_struct*> const& exceptions = program_->get_xceptions();
+      vector<t_struct*>::const_iterator x_iter;
+      for (x_iter = exceptions.begin(); x_iter != exceptions.end(); ++x_iter) {
+        f_service_ts_ << "import " << (*x_iter)->get_name() << " = ttypes."
+                  << js_namespace(program_) << (*x_iter)->get_name() << endl;
+      }
+      // structs
+      vector<t_struct*> const& structs = program_->get_structs();
+      vector<t_struct*>::const_iterator s_iter;
+      for (s_iter = structs.begin(); s_iter != structs.end(); ++s_iter) {
+        f_service_ts_ << "import " << (*s_iter)->get_name() << " = ttypes."
+                  << js_namespace(program_) << (*s_iter)->get_name() << endl;
+      }
+    }
     if (!ts_module_.empty()) {
       f_service_ts_ << "declare module " << ts_module_ << " {";
     }
@@ -1112,6 +1167,18 @@
   if (gen_node_) {
     string prefix = has_js_namespace(tservice->get_program()) ? js_namespace(tservice->get_program()) : js_const_type_;
     f_service_ << prefix << service_name_ << "Processor = " << "exports.Processor";
+    if (gen_ts_) {
+      f_service_ts_ << endl << "declare class Processor ";
+      if (tservice->get_extends() != NULL) {
+        f_service_ts_ << "extends " << tservice->get_extends()->get_name() << "Processor ";
+      }
+      f_service_ts_ << "{" << endl;
+      indent_up();
+      f_service_ts_ << ts_indent() << "private _handler: Object;" << endl << endl;
+      f_service_ts_ << ts_indent() << "constructor(handler: Object);" << endl;
+      f_service_ts_ << ts_indent() << "process(input: Thrift.TJSONProtocol, output: Thrift.TJSONProtocol): void;" << endl;
+      indent_down();
+    }
   } else {
     f_service_ << js_namespace(tservice->get_program()) << service_name_ << "Processor = "
              << "exports.Processor";
@@ -1193,6 +1260,9 @@
     indent_down();
     indent(f_service_) << "};" << endl;
   }
+  if (gen_node_ && gen_ts_) {
+    f_service_ts_ << "}" << endl;
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1201,7 +1271,6 @@
  * @param tfunction The function to write a dispatcher for
  */
 void t_js_generator::generate_process_function(t_service* tservice, t_function* tfunction) {
-
   if (gen_es6_) {
     indent(f_service_) << "process_" + tfunction->get_name() + " (seqid, input, output) {" << endl;
   } else {
@@ -1209,6 +1278,11 @@
                       << "Processor.prototype.process_" + tfunction->get_name()
                           + " = function(seqid, input, output) {" << endl;
   }
+  if (gen_ts_) {
+    indent_up();
+    f_service_ts_ << ts_indent() << "process_" << tfunction->get_name() << "(seqid: number, input: Thrift.TJSONProtocol, output: Thrift.TJSONProtocol): void;" << endl;
+    indent_down();
+  }
 
   indent_up();
 
@@ -1475,6 +1549,14 @@
   if (gen_node_) {
     string prefix = has_js_namespace(tservice->get_program()) ? js_namespace(tservice->get_program()) : js_const_type_;
     f_service_ << prefix << service_name_ << "Client = " << "exports.Client";
+    if (gen_ts_) {
+      f_service_ts_ << ts_print_doc(tservice) << ts_indent() << ts_declare() << "class "
+                    << "Client ";
+      if (tservice->get_extends() != NULL) {
+        f_service_ts_ << "extends " << tservice->get_extends()->get_name() << "Client ";
+      }
+      f_service_ts_ << "{" << endl;
+    }
   } else {
     f_service_ << js_namespace(tservice->get_program()) << service_name_
                << "Client";
@@ -1517,6 +1599,13 @@
     indent(f_service_) << "this.pClass = pClass;" << endl;
     indent(f_service_) << "this._seqid = 0;" << endl;
     indent(f_service_) << "this._reqs = {};" << endl;
+    if (gen_ts_) {
+      f_service_ts_ << ts_indent() << "private input: Thrift.TJSONProtocol;" << endl << ts_indent()
+                    << "private output: Thrift.TJSONProtocol;" << endl << ts_indent() << "private seqid: number;"
+                    << endl << endl << ts_indent()
+                    << "constructor(input: Thrift.TJSONProtocol, output?: Thrift.TJSONProtocol);"
+                    << endl;
+    }
   } else {
     indent(f_service_) << "this.input = input;" << endl;
     indent(f_service_) << "this.output = (!output) ? input : output;" << endl;
@@ -1585,11 +1674,13 @@
 
     if (gen_ts_) {
       // function definition without callback
-      f_service_ts_ << ts_print_doc(*f_iter) << ts_indent() << ts_function_signature(*f_iter, false) << endl;
-
+      f_service_ts_ << ts_print_doc(*f_iter) << ts_indent() << ts_function_signature(*f_iter, false, false) << endl;
       if (!gen_es6_) {
         // overload with callback
-        f_service_ts_ << ts_print_doc(*f_iter) << ts_indent() << ts_function_signature(*f_iter, true) << endl;
+        f_service_ts_ << ts_print_doc(*f_iter) << ts_indent() << ts_function_signature(*f_iter, true, false) << endl;
+      } else {
+        // overload with callback
+        f_service_ts_ << ts_print_doc(*f_iter) << ts_indent() << ts_function_signature(*f_iter, true, true) << endl;
       }
     }
 
@@ -2531,7 +2622,7 @@
  * @param bool in-/exclude the callback argument
  * @return String of rendered function definition
  */
-std::string t_js_generator::ts_function_signature(t_function* tfunction, bool include_callback) {
+std::string t_js_generator::ts_function_signature(t_function* tfunction, bool include_callback, bool optional_callback) {
   string str;
   const vector<t_field*>& fields = tfunction->get_arglist()->get_members();
   vector<t_field*>::const_iterator f_iter;
@@ -2547,7 +2638,29 @@
   }
 
   if (include_callback) {
-    str += "callback: (data: " + ts_get_type(tfunction->get_returntype()) + ")=>void): ";
+    string callback_optional_string = optional_callback ? "?" : "";
+    if (gen_node_) {
+      t_struct* exceptions = tfunction->get_xceptions();
+      string exception_types;
+      if (exceptions) {
+        const vector<t_field*>& members = exceptions->get_members();
+        for (vector<t_field*>::const_iterator it = members.begin(); it != members.end(); ++it) {
+          t_type* t = get_true_type((*it)->get_type());
+          if (it == members.begin()) {
+            exception_types = t->get_name();
+          } else {
+            exception_types += " | " + t->get_name();
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      if (exception_types == "") {
+        str += "callback" + callback_optional_string + ": (error: void, response: " + ts_get_type(tfunction->get_returntype()) + ")=>void): ";
+      } else {
+        str += "callback" + callback_optional_string + ": (error: " + exception_types + ", response: " + ts_get_type(tfunction->get_returntype()) + ")=>void): ";
+      }
+    } else {
+      str += "callback" + callback_optional_string + ": (data: " + ts_get_type(tfunction->get_returntype()) + ")=>void): ";
+    }
 
     if (gen_jquery_) {
       str += "JQueryPromise<" + ts_get_type(tfunction->get_returntype()) +">;";
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 14a8c2e..aca6f30 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@
 
 AM_EXTRA_RECURSIVE_TARGETS([style])
 AC_SUBST(CPPSTYLE_CMD, 'find . -type f \( -iname "*.h" -or -iname "*.cpp" -or -iname "*.cc" -or -iname "*.tcc" \) -printf "Reformatting: %h/%f\n" -exec clang-format -i {} \;')
+# '
+# The above comment is to fix editor syntax highlighting
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([libs],
   AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-libs], [build the Apache Thrift libraries [default=yes]]),
@@ -136,6 +138,7 @@
   with_go="no"
   with_d="no"
   with_nodejs="no"
+  with_nodets="no"
   with_lua="no"
   with_rs="no"
 fi
@@ -279,6 +282,18 @@
 AM_CONDITIONAL(WITH_NODEJS, [test "$have_nodejs" = "yes"])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_NPM, [test "x$NPM" != "x"])
 
+AX_THRIFT_LIB(nodets, [Nodets], yes)
+have_nodets=no
+if test "$with_nodets" = "yes"; then
+  AC_PATH_PROGS([NODETS], [nodets node])
+  AC_PATH_PROG([NPM], [npm])
+  if test "x$NODETS" != "x" -a "x$NPM" != "x"; then
+    have_nodets="yes"
+  fi
+fi
+AM_CONDITIONAL(WITH_NODETS, [test "$have_nodets" = "yes"])
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_NPM, [test "x$NPM" != "x"])
+
 AX_THRIFT_LIB(lua, [Lua], yes)
 have_lua=no
 if test "$with_lua" = "yes"; then
@@ -825,6 +840,7 @@
   lib/json/test/Makefile
   lib/netcore/Makefile
   lib/nodejs/Makefile
+  lib/nodets/Makefile
   lib/perl/Makefile
   lib/perl/test/Makefile
   lib/php/Makefile
@@ -905,6 +921,8 @@
 AC_SUBST([MAYBE_GO])
 if test "$have_nodejs" = "yes" ; then MAYBE_NODEJS="nodejs" ; else MAYBE_NODEJS="" ; fi
 AC_SUBST([MAYBE_NODEJS])
+if test "$have_nodets" = "yes" ; then MAYBE_NODETS="nodets" ; else MAYBE_NODETS="" ; fi
+AC_SUBST([MAYBE_NODETS])
 if test "$have_erlang" = "yes" ; then MAYBE_ERLANG="erl" ; else MAYBE_ERLANG="" ; fi
 AC_SUBST([MAYBE_ERLANG])
 if test "$have_lua" = "yes" ; then MAYBE_LUA="lua" ; else MAYBE_LUA="" ; fi
diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index 0401c99..b315609 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
 if WITH_NODEJS
 SUBDIRS += nodejs
 PRECROSS_TARGET += precross-nodejs
+SUBDIRS += nodets
 endif
 
 if WITH_LUA
diff --git a/lib/nodets/.gitignore b/lib/nodets/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7aba89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/nodets/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+test-compiled/
diff --git a/lib/nodets/Makefile.am b/lib/nodets/Makefile.am
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ea640cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/nodets/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+# We call npm twice to work around npm issues
+
+stubs: $(top_srcdir)/test/ThriftTest.thrift
+	mkdir -p test-compiled
+	$(THRIFT) --gen js:node,ts -o test/ $(top_srcdir)/test/ThriftTest.thrift && $(THRIFT) --gen js:node,ts -o test-compiled $(top_srcdir)/test/ThriftTest.thrift
+
+ts-compile: stubs
+	mkdir -p test-compiled
+	../../node_modules/typescript/bin/tsc --outDir test-compiled/ --project test/tsconfig.json
+
+deps: $(top_srcdir)/package.json
+	$(NPM) install $(top_srcdir)/ || $(NPM) install $(top_srcdir)/
+
+all-local: deps ts-compile
+
+precross: deps stubs ts-compile
+
+check: deps ts-compile
+	cd $(top_srcdir) && $(NPM) run test-ts && cd lib/nodets
+
+clean-local:
+	$(RM) -r test/gen-nodejs
+	$(RM) -r $(top_srcdir)/node_modules
+	$(RM) -r test-compiled
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	test \
+	coding_standards.md
diff --git a/lib/nodets/coding_standards.md b/lib/nodets/coding_standards.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa0390b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/nodets/coding_standards.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Please follow [General Coding Standards](/doc/coding_standards.md)
diff --git a/lib/nodets/test/client.ts b/lib/nodets/test/client.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb3db79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/nodets/test/client.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+import assert = require("assert");
+import thrift = require("thrift");
+import Thrift = thrift.Thrift;
+import ThriftTest = require("./gen-nodejs/ThriftTest");
+import test_driver = require("./test_driver");
+import ThriftTestDriver = test_driver.ThriftTestDriver;
+import ThriftTestDriverPromise = test_driver.ThriftTestDriverPromise;
+
+// var program = require("commander");
+import * as program from "commander";
+
+program
+  .option("--port <port>", "Set thrift server port number to connect", 9090)
+  .option("--promise", "test with promise style functions")
+  .option("--protocol", "Set thrift protocol (binary) [protocol]")
+  .parse(process.argv);
+
+var port: number = program.port;
+var promise = program.promise;
+
+var options = {
+  transport: Thrift.TBufferedTransport,
+  protocol: Thrift.TBinaryProtocol
+};
+
+var testDriver = promise ? ThriftTestDriverPromise : ThriftTestDriver;
+
+var connection = thrift.createConnection("localhost", port, options);
+
+connection.on("error", function(err: string) {
+    assert(false, err);
+});
+
+var client = thrift.createClient(ThriftTest.Client, connection);
+runTests();
+
+function runTests() {
+  testDriver(client, function (status: string) {
+    console.log(status);
+    connection.end();
+  });
+}
+
+exports.expressoTest = function() {};
diff --git a/lib/nodets/test/runClient.sh b/lib/nodets/test/runClient.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8d5e9a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/nodets/test/runClient.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "$0" )" && pwd )"
+
+mkdir -p $DIR/../test-compiled
+
+COMPILEDDIR="$(cd $DIR && cd ../test-compiled && pwd)"
+export NODE_PATH="${DIR}:${DIR}/../../nodejs/lib:${NODE_PATH}"
+
+compile()
+{
+  #generating thrift code
+  ${DIR}/../../../compiler/cpp/thrift -o ${DIR} --gen js:node,ts ${DIR}/../../../test/ThriftTest.thrift
+  ${DIR}/../../../compiler/cpp/thrift -o ${COMPILEDDIR} --gen js:node,ts ${DIR}/../../../test/ThriftTest.thrift
+}
+compile
+
+node ${COMPILEDDIR}/client.js $*
diff --git a/lib/nodets/test/runServer.sh b/lib/nodets/test/runServer.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4eee927
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/nodets/test/runServer.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "$0" )" && pwd )"
+
+mkdir -p $DIR/../test-compiled
+
+COMPILEDDIR="$(cd $DIR && cd ../test-compiled && pwd)"
+export NODE_PATH="${DIR}:${DIR}/../../nodejs/lib:${NODE_PATH}"
+
+compile()
+{
+  #generating thrift code
+  ${DIR}/../../../compiler/cpp/thrift -o ${DIR} --gen js:node,ts ${DIR}/../../../test/ThriftTest.thrift
+  ${DIR}/../../../compiler/cpp/thrift -o ${COMPILEDDIR} --gen js:node,ts ${DIR}/../../../test/ThriftTest.thrift
+}
+compile
+
+node ${COMPILEDDIR}/server.js $*
+
+
diff --git a/lib/nodets/test/server.ts b/lib/nodets/test/server.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2da53ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/nodets/test/server.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import thrift = require("thrift");
+var program = require('commander');
+import ThriftTest = require('./gen-nodejs/ThriftTest');
+import test_handler = require('./test_handler');
+
+
+program
+  .option('--port <port>', 'Set thrift server port', 9090)
+  .option('--promise', 'test with promise style functions')
+  .option('--protocol', '"Set thrift protocol (binary) [protocol]"')
+  .parse(process.argv);
+
+var port: number = program.port;
+
+var options: thrift.ServerOptions = {
+  transport: thrift.TBufferedTransport,
+  protocol: thrift.TBinaryProtocol
+};
+
+var server: thrift.Server;
+if (program.promise) {
+  server = thrift.createServer(ThriftTest.Processor, new test_handler.AsyncThriftTestHandler(), options);
+} else {
+  server = thrift.createServer(ThriftTest.Processor, new test_handler.SyncThriftTestHandler(), options);
+}
+server.listen(port);
diff --git a/lib/nodets/test/test-cases.ts b/lib/nodets/test/test-cases.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca740ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/nodets/test/test-cases.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+'use strict';
+
+import ttypes = require('./gen-nodejs/ThriftTest_types');
+
+//all Languages in UTF-8
+/*jshint -W100 */
+export var stringTest = "Afrikaans, Alemannisch, Aragonés, العربية, مصرى, " +
+    "Asturianu, Aymar aru, Azərbaycan, Башҡорт, Boarisch, Žemaitėška, " +
+    "Беларуская, Беларуская (тарашкевіца), Български, Bamanankan, " +
+    "বাংলা, Brezhoneg, Bosanski, Català, Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄, Нохчийн, " +
+    "Cebuano, ᏣᎳᎩ, Česky, Словѣ́ньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ, Чӑвашла, Cymraeg, " +
+    "Dansk, Zazaki, ދިވެހިބަސް, Ελληνικά, Emiliàn e rumagnòl, English, " +
+    "Esperanto, Español, Eesti, Euskara, فارسی, Suomi, Võro, Føroyskt, " +
+    "Français, Arpetan, Furlan, Frysk, Gaeilge, 贛語, Gàidhlig, Galego, " +
+    "Avañe'ẽ, ગુજરાતી, Gaelg, עברית, हिन्दी, Fiji Hindi, Hrvatski, " +
+    "Kreyòl ayisyen, Magyar, Հայերեն, Interlingua, Bahasa Indonesia, " +
+    "Ilokano, Ido, Íslenska, Italiano, 日本語, Lojban, Basa Jawa, " +
+    "ქართული, Kongo, Kalaallisut, ಕನ್ನಡ, 한국어, Къарачай-Малкъар, " +
+    "Ripoarisch, Kurdî, Коми, Kernewek, Кыргызча, Latina, Ladino, " +
+    "Lëtzebuergesch, Limburgs, Lingála, ລາວ, Lietuvių, Latviešu, Basa " +
+    "Banyumasan, Malagasy, Македонски, മലയാളം, मराठी, مازِرونی, Bahasa " +
+    "Melayu, Nnapulitano, Nedersaksisch, नेपाल भाषा, Nederlands, ‪" +
+    "Norsk (nynorsk)‬, ‪Norsk (bokmål)‬, Nouormand, Diné bizaad, " +
+    "Occitan, Иронау, Papiamentu, Deitsch, Polski, پنجابی, پښتو, " +
+    "Norfuk / Pitkern, Português, Runa Simi, Rumantsch, Romani, Română, " +
+    "Русский, Саха тыла, Sardu, Sicilianu, Scots, Sámegiella, Simple " +
+    "English, Slovenčina, Slovenščina, Српски / Srpski, Seeltersk, " +
+    "Svenska, Kiswahili, தமிழ், తెలుగు, Тоҷикӣ, ไทย, Türkmençe, Tagalog, " +
+    "Türkçe, Татарча/Tatarça, Українська, اردو, Tiếng Việt, Volapük, " +
+    "Walon, Winaray, 吴语, isiXhosa, ייִדיש, Yorùbá, Zeêuws, 中文, " +
+    "Bân-lâm-gú, 粵語";
+/*jshint +W100 */
+
+export var specialCharacters = 'quote: \" backslash:' +
+    ' forwardslash-escaped: \/ ' +
+    ' backspace: \b formfeed: \f newline: \n return: \r tab: ' +
+    ' now-all-of-them-together: "\\\/\b\n\r\t' +
+    ' now-a-bunch-of-junk: !@#$%&()(&%$#{}{}<><><' +
+    ' char-to-test-json-parsing: ]] \"]] \\" }}}{ [[[ ';
+
+export var mapTestInput = {
+  "a":"123", "a b":"with spaces ", "same":"same", "0":"numeric key",
+  "longValue":stringTest, stringTest:"long key"
+};
+
+export var simple = [
+  ['testVoid', undefined],
+  ['testString', 'Test'],
+  ['testString', ''],
+  ['testString', stringTest],
+  ['testString', specialCharacters],
+  ['testByte', 1],
+  ['testByte', 0],
+  ['testByte', -1],
+  ['testByte', -127],
+  ['testI32', -1],
+  ['testDouble', -5.2098523],
+  ['testDouble', 7.012052175215044],
+  ['testEnum', ttypes.Numberz.ONE]
+];
+
+export var simpleLoose = [
+  ['testI64', 5],
+  ['testI64', -5],
+  ['testI64', 734359738368],
+  ['testI64', -34359738368],
+  ['testI64', -734359738368],
+  ['testTypedef', 69]
+]
+
+var mapout: {[key: number]: number; } = {};
+for (var i = 0; i < 5; ++i) {
+  mapout[i] = i-10;
+}
+
+export var deep = [
+  ['testMap', mapout],
+  ['testSet', [1,2,3]],
+  ['testList', [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20]],
+  ['testStringMap', mapTestInput]
+];
+
+export var out = new ttypes.Xtruct({
+  string_thing: 'Zero',
+  byte_thing: 1,
+  i32_thing: -3,
+  i64_thing: 1000000
+});
+
+export var out2 = new ttypes.Xtruct2();
+out2.byte_thing = 1;
+out2.struct_thing = out;
+out2.i32_thing = 5;
+
+export var crazy = new ttypes.Insanity({
+  "userMap":{ "5":5, "8":8 },
+  "xtructs":[new ttypes.Xtruct({
+      "string_thing":"Goodbye4",
+      "byte_thing":4,
+      "i32_thing":4,
+      "i64_thing":4
+    }), new ttypes.Xtruct({
+      "string_thing":"Hello2",
+      "byte_thing":2,
+      "i32_thing":2,
+      "i64_thing":2
+    })]
+});
+
+export var insanity: any = {
+  "1":{ "2": crazy, "3": crazy },
+  "2":{ "6":{ "userMap":{}, "xtructs":[] } }
+};
diff --git a/lib/nodets/test/testAll.sh b/lib/nodets/test/testAll.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a7c00bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/nodets/test/testAll.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "$0" )" && pwd )"
+
+mkdir -p $DIR/../test-compiled
+
+COMPILEDDIR="$(cd $DIR && cd ../test-compiled && pwd)"
+export NODE_PATH="${DIR}:${DIR}/../../nodejs/lib:${NODE_PATH}"
+
+compile()
+{
+  #generating thrift code
+  ${DIR}/../../../compiler/cpp/thrift -o ${DIR} --gen js:node,ts ${DIR}/../../../test/ThriftTest.thrift
+  ${DIR}/../../../compiler/cpp/thrift -o ${COMPILEDDIR} --gen js:node,ts ${DIR}/../../../test/ThriftTest.thrift
+
+  tsc --outDir $COMPILEDDIR --project $DIR/tsconfig.json
+}
+compile
+
+testServer()
+{
+  echo "start server $1"
+  RET=0
+  node ${COMPILEDDIR}/server.js $1 &
+  SERVERPID=$!
+  sleep 1
+  echo "start client $1"
+  node ${COMPILEDDIR}/client.js $1 || RET=1
+  kill -2 $SERVERPID || RET=1
+  return $RET
+}
+
+#integration tests
+
+testServer || TESTOK=1
+testServer --promise || TESTOK=1
+
+exit $TESTOK
diff --git a/lib/nodets/test/test_driver.ts b/lib/nodets/test/test_driver.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c41526
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/nodets/test/test_driver.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,278 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * 'License'); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * 'AS IS' BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+ // This is the Node.js test driver for the standard Apache Thrift
+ // test service. The driver invokes every function defined in the
+ // Thrift Test service with a representative range of parameters.
+ //
+ // The ThriftTestDriver function requires a client object
+ // connected to a server hosting the Thrift Test service and
+ // supports an optional callback function which is called with
+ // a status message when the test is complete.
+
+import test = require("tape");
+import ttypes = require("./gen-nodejs/ThriftTest_types");
+import ThriftTest = require("./gen-nodejs/ThriftTest");
+import thrift = require("thrift");
+import Q = thrift.Q;
+import TException = thrift.Thrift.TException;
+var Int64 = require("node-int64");
+import testCases = require("./test-cases");
+
+export function ThriftTestDriver(client: ThriftTest.Client, callback: (status: string) => void) {
+
+  test("NodeJS Style Callback Client Tests", function(assert) {
+
+    var checkRecursively = makeRecursiveCheck(assert);
+
+    function makeAsserter(assertionFn: (a: any, b: any, msg?: string) => void) {
+      return function(c: (string | any)[]) {
+        var fnName = c[0];
+        var expected = c[1];
+        (<any>client)[fnName](expected, function(err: any, actual: any) {
+          assert.error(err, fnName + ": no callback error");
+          assertionFn(actual, expected, fnName);
+        })
+      };
+    }
+
+    testCases.simple.forEach(makeAsserter(assert.equal));
+    testCases.simpleLoose.forEach(makeAsserter(function(a, e, m){
+      assert.ok(a == e, m);
+    }));
+    testCases.deep.forEach(makeAsserter(assert.deepEqual));
+
+    client.testMapMap(42, function(err, response) {
+      var expected: typeof response = {
+        "4": {"1":1, "2":2, "3":3, "4":4},
+        "-4": {"-4":-4, "-3":-3, "-2":-2, "-1":-1}
+      };
+      assert.error(err, 'testMapMap: no callback error');
+      assert.deepEqual(expected, response, "testMapMap");
+    });
+
+    client.testStruct(testCases.out, function(err, response) {
+      assert.error(err, "testStruct: no callback error");
+      checkRecursively(testCases.out, response, "testStruct");
+    });
+
+    client.testNest(testCases.out2, function(err, response) {
+      assert.error(err, "testNest: no callback error");
+      checkRecursively(testCases.out2, response, "testNest");
+    });
+
+    client.testInsanity(testCases.crazy, function(err, response) {
+      assert.error(err, "testInsanity: no callback error");
+      checkRecursively(testCases.insanity, response, "testInsanity");
+    });
+
+    client.testException("TException", function(err, response) {
+      assert.ok(err instanceof TException, 'testException: correct error type');
+      assert.ok(!Boolean(response), 'testException: no response');
+    });
+
+    client.testException("Xception", function(err, response) {
+      assert.ok(err instanceof ttypes.Xception, 'testException: correct error type');
+      assert.ok(!Boolean(response), 'testException: no response');
+      assert.equal(err.errorCode, 1001, 'testException: correct error code');
+      assert.equal('Xception', err.message, 'testException: correct error message');
+    });
+
+    client.testException("no Exception", function(err, response) {
+      assert.error(err, 'testException: no callback error');
+      assert.ok(!Boolean(response), 'testException: no response');
+    });
+
+    client.testOneway(0, function(err, response) {
+      assert.error(err, 'testOneway: no callback error');
+      assert.strictEqual(response, undefined, 'testOneway: void response');
+    });
+
+    checkOffByOne(function(done) {
+      client.testI32(-1, function(err, response) {
+        assert.error(err, "checkOffByOne: no callback error");
+        assert.equal(-1, response);
+        assert.end();
+        done();
+      });
+    }, callback);
+
+  });
+};
+
+export function ThriftTestDriverPromise(client: ThriftTest.Client, callback: (status: string) => void) {
+
+  test("Q Promise Client Tests", function(assert) {
+
+    var checkRecursively = makeRecursiveCheck(assert);
+
+    function fail(msg: string) {
+      return function(error, response) {
+        if (error !== null) {
+          assert.fail(msg);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    function makeAsserter(assertionFn: (a: any, b: any, msg?: string) => void) {
+      return function(c: (string | any)[]) {
+        var fnName = c[0];
+        var expected = c[1];
+        (<any>client)[fnName](expected)
+          .then(function(actual: any) {
+            assertionFn(actual, expected, fnName);
+          })
+          .fail(fail("fnName"));
+      };
+    }
+
+    testCases.simple.forEach(makeAsserter(assert.equal));
+    testCases.simpleLoose.forEach(makeAsserter(function(a, e, m){
+      assert.ok(a == e, m);
+    }));
+    testCases.deep.forEach(makeAsserter(assert.deepEqual));
+
+    Q.resolve(client.testStruct(testCases.out))
+      .then(function(response) {
+        checkRecursively(testCases.out, response, "testStruct");
+      })
+      .fail(fail("testStruct"));
+
+    Q.resolve(client.testNest(testCases.out2))
+      .then(function(response) {
+        checkRecursively(testCases.out2, response, "testNest");
+      })
+      .fail(fail("testNest"));
+
+    Q.resolve(client.testInsanity(testCases.crazy))
+      .then(function(response) {
+        checkRecursively(testCases.insanity, response, "testInsanity");
+      })
+      .fail(fail("testInsanity"));
+
+    Q.resolve(client.testException("TException"))
+      .then(function(response) {
+        fail("testException: TException");
+      })
+      .fail(function(err) {
+        assert.ok(err instanceof TException);
+      });
+
+    Q.resolve(client.testException("Xception"))
+      .then(function(response) {
+        fail("testException: Xception");
+      })
+      .fail(function(err) {
+        assert.ok(err instanceof ttypes.Xception);
+        assert.equal(err.errorCode, 1001);
+        assert.equal("Xception", err.message);
+      });
+
+    Q.resolve(client.testException("no Exception"))
+      .then(function(response) {
+        assert.equal(undefined, response); //void
+      })
+      .fail(fail("testException"));
+
+    client.testOneway(0, fail("testOneway: should not answer"));
+
+    checkOffByOne(function(done) {
+      Q.resolve(client.testI32(-1))
+        .then(function(response) {
+            assert.equal(-1, response);
+            assert.end();
+            done();
+        })
+        .fail(fail("checkOffByOne"));
+    }, callback);
+  });
+};
+
+
+// Helper Functions
+// =========================================================
+
+function makeRecursiveCheck(assert: test.Test) {
+
+  return function (map1: any, map2: any, msg: string) {
+    var equal = true;
+
+    var equal = checkRecursively(map1, map2);
+
+    assert.ok(equal, msg);
+
+    // deepEqual doesn't work with fields using node-int64
+    function checkRecursively(map1: any, map2: any) : boolean {
+      if (!(typeof map1 !== "function" && typeof map2 !== "function")) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      if (!map1 || typeof map1 !== "object") {
+        //Handle int64 types (which use node-int64 in Node.js JavaScript)
+        if ((typeof map1 === "number") && (typeof map2 === "object") &&
+            (map2.buffer) && (map2.buffer instanceof Buffer) && (map2.buffer.length === 8)) {
+          var n = new Int64(map2.buffer);
+          return map1 === n.toNumber();
+        } else {
+          return map1 == map2;
+        }
+      } else {
+        return Object.keys(map1).every(function(key) {
+          return checkRecursively(map1[key], map2[key]);
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function checkOffByOne(done: (callback: () => void) => void, callback: (message: string) => void) {
+
+  var retry_limit = 30;
+  var retry_interval = 100;
+  var test_complete = false;
+  var retrys = 0;
+
+  /**
+   * redo a simple test after the oneway to make sure we aren't "off by one" --
+   * if the server treated oneway void like normal void, this next test will
+   * fail since it will get the void confirmation rather than the correct
+   * result. In this circumstance, the client will throw the exception:
+   *
+   * Because this is the last test against the server, when it completes
+   * the entire suite is complete by definition (the tests run serially).
+   */
+  done(function() {
+    test_complete = true;
+  });
+
+  //We wait up to retry_limit * retry_interval for the test suite to complete
+  function TestForCompletion() {
+    if(test_complete && callback) {
+      callback("Server successfully tested!");
+    } else {
+      if (++retrys < retry_limit) {
+        setTimeout(TestForCompletion, retry_interval);
+      } else if (callback) {
+        callback("Server test failed to complete after " +
+                 (retry_limit * retry_interval / 1000) + " seconds");
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  setTimeout(TestForCompletion, retry_interval);
+}
diff --git a/lib/nodets/test/test_handler.ts b/lib/nodets/test/test_handler.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bc855a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/nodets/test/test_handler.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,299 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * 'License'); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * 'AS IS' BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+//This is the server side Node test handler for the standard
+//  Apache Thrift test service.
+
+import ttypes = require("./gen-nodejs/ThriftTest_types");
+import thrift = require("thrift");
+import Thrift = thrift.Thrift;
+import Q = require("q");
+
+
+export class SyncThriftTestHandler {
+  testVoid(): Q.IPromise<void> {
+    //console.log('testVoid()');
+    return Q.resolve<void>(undefined);
+  }
+  testMapMap(hello: number) {
+    //console.log('testMapMap(' + hello + ')');
+
+    var mapmap: {[key: number]: {[key: number]: number; }} = [];
+    var pos: {[key: number]: number; } = [];
+    var neg: {[key: number]: number; } = [];
+    for (var i = 1; i < 5; i++) {
+      pos[i] = i;
+      neg[-i] = -i;
+    }
+    mapmap[4] = pos;
+    mapmap[-4] = neg;
+
+    return Q.resolve(mapmap);
+  }
+  testInsanity(argument: ttypes.Insanity): Q.IPromise<{ [k: number]: any; }> {
+    const first_map: { [k: number]: any; } = [];
+    const second_map: { [k: number]: any; } = [];
+  
+    first_map[ttypes.Numberz.TWO] = argument;
+    first_map[ttypes.Numberz.THREE] = argument;
+  
+    const looney = new ttypes.Insanity();
+    second_map[ttypes.Numberz.SIX] = looney;
+  
+    const insane: { [k: number]: any; } = [];
+    insane[1] = first_map;
+    insane[2] = second_map;
+
+    return Q.resolve(insane);
+  }
+  testMulti(arg0: any, arg1: number, arg2: number, arg3: { [k: number]: string; }, arg4: ttypes.Numberz, arg5: number) {
+    var hello = new ttypes.Xtruct();
+    hello.string_thing = 'Hello2';
+    hello.byte_thing = arg0;
+    hello.i32_thing = arg1;
+    hello.i64_thing = arg2;
+    return Q.resolve(hello);
+  }
+  testException(arg: string): Q.IPromise<void> {
+    if (arg === 'Xception') {
+      var x = new ttypes.Xception();
+      x.errorCode = 1001;
+      x.message = arg;
+      throw x;
+    } else if (arg === 'TException') {
+      throw new Thrift.TException(arg);
+    } else {
+      return Q.resolve();
+    }
+  }
+  testMultiException(arg0: string, arg1: string) {
+    if (arg0 === ('Xception')) {
+      var x = new ttypes.Xception();
+      x.errorCode = 1001;
+      x.message = 'This is an Xception';
+      throw x;
+    } else if (arg0 === ('Xception2')) {
+      var x2 = new ttypes.Xception2();
+      x2.errorCode = 2002;
+      x2.struct_thing = new ttypes.Xtruct();
+      x2.struct_thing.string_thing = 'This is an Xception2';
+      throw x2;
+    }
+
+    var res = new ttypes.Xtruct();
+    res.string_thing = arg1;
+    return Q.resolve(res);
+  }
+  testOneway(sleepFor: number) {
+  }
+
+  testString(thing: string) {
+    return Q.resolve(thing);
+  }
+  testBool(thing: boolean) {
+    return Q.resolve(thing);
+  }
+  testByte(thing: number) {
+    return Q.resolve(thing);
+  }
+  testI32(thing: number) {
+    return Q.resolve(thing);
+  }
+  testI64(thing: number) {
+    return Q.resolve(thing);
+  }
+  testDouble(thing: number) {
+    return Q.resolve(thing);
+  }
+  testBinary(thing: Buffer) {
+    return Q.resolve(thing);
+  }
+  testStruct(thing: ttypes.Xtruct) {
+    return Q.resolve(thing);
+  }
+  testNest(thing: ttypes.Xtruct2) {
+    return Q.resolve(thing);
+  }
+  testMap(thing: { [k: number]: number; }) {
+    return Q.resolve(thing);
+  }
+  testStringMap(thing: { [k: string]: string; }) {
+    return Q.resolve(thing);
+  }
+  testSet(thing: number[]) {
+    return Q.resolve(thing);
+  }
+  testList(thing: number[]) {
+    return Q.resolve(thing);
+  }
+  testEnum(thing: ttypes.Numberz) {
+    return Q.resolve(thing);
+  }
+  testTypedef(thing: number) {
+    return Q.resolve(thing);
+  }
+}
+
+export class AsyncThriftTestHandler {
+  private syncHandler: SyncThriftTestHandler;
+  constructor() {
+    this.syncHandler = new SyncThriftTestHandler();
+  }
+
+  testVoid(callback: (result: void) => void): Q.IPromise<void> {
+    callback(undefined);
+    return Q.resolve();
+  }
+  testMapMap(hello: number,
+    callback: (err: any, result: { [k: number]: { [k: number]: number; }; }) => void):
+     Q.IPromise<{ [k: number]: { [k: number]: number; }; }> {
+
+    var mapmap: {[key: number]: {[key: number]: number; }} = [];
+    var pos: {[key: number]: number; } = [];
+    var neg: {[key: number]: number; } = [];
+    for (var i = 1; i < 5; i++) {
+      pos[i] = i;
+      neg[-i] = -i;
+    }
+    mapmap[4] = pos;
+    mapmap[-4] = neg;
+
+    callback(null, mapmap);
+    return Q.resolve();
+  }
+  testInsanity(argument: ttypes.Insanity, callback?: (err: any, result: { [k: number]: any; }) => void): Q.IPromise<{ [k: number]: any; }> {
+    const first_map: { [k: number]: any; } = [];
+    const second_map: { [k: number]: any; } = [];
+  
+    first_map[ttypes.Numberz.TWO] = argument;
+    first_map[ttypes.Numberz.THREE] = argument;
+  
+    const looney = new ttypes.Insanity();
+    second_map[ttypes.Numberz.SIX] = looney;
+  
+    const insane: { [k: number]: any; } = [];
+    insane[1] = first_map;
+    insane[2] = second_map;
+
+    if (callback !== undefined){
+      callback(null, insane);
+    }
+    return Q.resolve();
+  }
+  testMulti(arg0: any, arg1: number, arg2: number, arg3: { [k: number]: string; }, arg4: ttypes.Numberz, arg5: number, result: Function): Q.IPromise<ttypes.Xtruct> {
+    var hello = this.syncHandler.testMulti(arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5);
+    hello.then(hello => result(null, hello));
+    return Q.resolve();
+  }
+  testException(arg: string, result: (err: any) => void): Q.IPromise<void> {
+    if (arg === 'Xception') {
+      var x = new ttypes.Xception();
+      x.errorCode = 1001;
+      x.message = arg;
+      result(x);
+    } else if (arg === 'TException') {
+      result(new Thrift.TException(arg));
+    } else {
+      result(null);
+    }
+    return Q.resolve();
+  }
+  testMultiException(arg0: string, arg1: string, result: (err: any, res?: ttypes.Xtruct) => void): Q.IPromise<ttypes.Xtruct> {
+    if (arg0 === ('Xception')) {
+      var x = new ttypes.Xception();
+      x.errorCode = 1001;
+      x.message = 'This is an Xception';
+      result(x);
+    } else if (arg0 === ('Xception2')) {
+      var x2 = new ttypes.Xception2();
+      x2.errorCode = 2002;
+      x2.struct_thing = new ttypes.Xtruct();
+      x2.struct_thing.string_thing = 'This is an Xception2';
+      result(x2);
+    } else {
+      var res = new ttypes.Xtruct();
+      res.string_thing = arg1;
+      result(null, res);
+    }
+    return Q.resolve();
+  }
+  testOneway(sleepFor: number, result: Function) {
+    this.syncHandler.testOneway(sleepFor);
+  }
+  testString(thing: string, callback: (err: any, result: string) => void): Q.IPromise<string> {
+    callback(null, thing);
+    return Q.resolve();
+  }
+  testByte(thing: number, callback: (err: any, result: number) => void): Q.IPromise<number> {
+    callback(null, thing);
+    return Q.resolve();
+  }
+  testBool(thing: boolean, callback: (err: any, result: boolean) => void ): Q.IPromise<boolean> {
+    callback(null, thing);
+    return Q.resolve();
+  }
+  testI32(thing: number, callback: (err: any, result: number) => void): Q.IPromise<number>  {
+    callback(null, thing);
+    return Q.resolve();
+  }
+  testI64(thing: number, callback: (err: any, result: number) => void): Q.IPromise<number>  {
+    callback(null, thing);
+    return Q.resolve();
+  }
+  testDouble(thing: number, callback: (err: any, result: number) => void): Q.IPromise<number>  {
+    callback(null, thing);
+    return Q.resolve();
+  }
+  testBinary(thing: Buffer, callback: (err: any, result: Buffer) => void): Q.IPromise<Buffer> {
+    callback(null, thing);
+    return Q.resolve();
+  }
+  testStruct(thing: ttypes.Xtruct, callback: (err: any, result: ttypes.Xtruct) => void): Q.IPromise<ttypes.Xtruct> {
+    callback(null, thing);
+    return Q.resolve();
+  }
+  testNest(thing: ttypes.Xtruct2, callback: (err: any, result: ttypes.Xtruct2) => void): Q.IPromise<ttypes.Xtruct2> {
+    callback(null, thing);
+    return Q.resolve();
+  }
+  testMap(thing: { [k: number]: number; }, callback: (err: any, result: { [k: number]: number; }) => void): Q.IPromise<{ [k: number]: number; }> {
+    callback(null, thing);
+    return Q.resolve();
+  }
+  testStringMap(thing: { [k: string]: string; }, callback: (err: any, result: { [k: string]: string; }) => void): Q.IPromise<{ [k: string]: string; }> {
+    callback(null, thing);
+    return Q.resolve();
+  }
+  testSet(thing: number[], callback: (err: any, result: number[]) => void): Q.IPromise<number[]> {
+    callback(null, thing);
+    return Q.resolve();
+  }
+  testList(thing: number[], callback: (err: any, result: number[]) => void): Q.IPromise<number[]> {
+    callback(null, thing);
+    return Q.resolve();
+  }
+  testEnum(thing: ttypes.Numberz, callback: (err: any, result: ttypes.Numberz) => void): Q.IPromise<ttypes.Numberz> {
+    callback(null, thing);
+    return Q.resolve();
+  }
+  testTypedef(thing: number, callback: (err: any, result: number) => void): Q.IPromise<number> {
+    callback(null, thing);
+    return Q.resolve();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/nodets/test/tsconfig.json b/lib/nodets/test/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..029d06d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/nodets/test/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "allowJs": false,
+        "alwaysStrict": true,
+        "baseUrl": ".",
+        "declaration": true,
+        "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
+        "experimentalDecorators": true,
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "moduleResolution": "node",
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "noUnusedLocals": true,
+        "preserveConstEnums": true,
+        "removeComments": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "target": "es6",
+        "paths": {
+            "thrift": ["../../nodejs/lib/thrift"]
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ea49547..e93b896 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -24,6 +24,18 @@
         "js-tokens": "^4.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "@types/node": {
+      "version": "10.12.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-10.12.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-+ZWB5Ec1iki99xQFzBlivlKxSZQ+fuUKBott8StBOnLN4dWbRHlgdg1XknpW6g0tweniN5DcOqA64CJyOUPSAw==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
+    "@types/q": {
+      "version": "1.5.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/q/-/q-1.5.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-eqz8c/0kwNi/OEHQfvIuJVLTst3in0e7uTKeuY+WL/zfKn0xVujOTp42bS/vUUokhK5P2BppLd9JXMOMHcgbjA==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "abbrev": {
       "version": "1.0.9",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/abbrev/-/abbrev-1.0.9.tgz",
@@ -2008,6 +2020,12 @@
         "prelude-ls": "~1.1.2"
       }
     },
+    "typescript": {
+      "version": "3.1.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript/-/typescript-3.1.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-tDMYfVtvpb96msS1lDX9MEdHrW4yOuZ4Kdc4Him9oU796XldPYF/t2+uKoX0BBa0hXXwDlqYQbXY5Rzjzc5hBA==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "uglify-js": {
       "version": "3.4.9",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uglify-js/-/uglify-js-3.4.9.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 07607cd..d641979 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,11 +50,15 @@
     "jsdoc": "^3.5.5",
     "prettier": "^1.14.3",
     "tape": "^4.9.0",
-    "utf-8-validate": "^4.0.0"
+    "utf-8-validate": "^4.0.0",
+    "typescript": "^3.1.6",
+    "@types/node": "^10.12.6",
+    "@types/q": "^1.5.1"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "cover": "lib/nodejs/test/testAll.sh COVER",
     "test": "lib/nodejs/test/testAll.sh",
+    "test-ts": "lib/nodets/test/testAll.sh",
     "prettier": "prettier --write '**/*.js'",
     "lint": "eslint lib/nodejs/. --ext .js",
     "lint-tests": "eslint lib/nodejs/test/. --ext .js"
diff --git a/test/ThriftTest.thrift b/test/ThriftTest.thrift
index bff4e52..3499ab5 100644
--- a/test/ThriftTest.thrift
+++ b/test/ThriftTest.thrift
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
    * @return binary  - returns the binary 'thing'
    */
   binary       testBinary(1: binary thing),
-  
+
   /**
    * Prints 'testStruct("{%s}")' where thing has been formatted into a string of comma separated values
    * @param Xtruct thing - the Xtruct to print
diff --git a/test/known_failures_Linux.json b/test/known_failures_Linux.json
index 24ce997..6d3a05e 100644
--- a/test/known_failures_Linux.json
+++ b/test/known_failures_Linux.json
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@
   "d-nodejs_json_framed-ip-ssl",
   "d-nodejs_json_http-ip",
   "d-nodejs_json_http-ip-ssl",
+  "d-nodets_binary_buffered-ip",
   "d-py3_binary-accel_buffered-ip",
   "d-py3_binary-accel_buffered-ip-ssl",
   "d-py3_binary-accel_framed-ip",
@@ -278,6 +279,7 @@
   "erl-csharp_compact_buffered-ip",
   "erl-nodejs_binary_buffered-ip",
   "erl-nodejs_compact_buffered-ip",
+  "erl-nodets_binary_buffered-ip",
   "erl-rb_binary-accel_buffered-ip",
   "erl-rb_binary-accel_buffered-ip-ssl",
   "erl-rb_binary-accel_framed-ip",
@@ -319,6 +321,7 @@
   "hs-csharp_binary_framed-ip",
   "hs-csharp_compact_buffered-ip",
   "hs-csharp_compact_framed-ip",
+  "hs-nodets_binary_buffered-ip",
   "nodejs-cpp_binary_http-domain",
   "nodejs-cpp_binary_http-ip",
   "nodejs-cpp_binary_http-ip-ssl",
diff --git a/test/tests.json b/test/tests.json
index 27e75cc..b70dbd8 100644
--- a/test/tests.json
+++ b/test/tests.json
@@ -718,5 +718,32 @@
       "multic"
     ],
     "workdir": "rs/bin"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "nodets",
+    "env": {
+      "NODE_PATH": "../lib"
+    },
+    "server": {
+      "command": [
+        "runServer.sh"
+      ]
+    },
+    "client": {
+      "timeout": 5,
+      "command": [
+        "runClient.sh"
+      ]
+    },
+    "protocols": [
+      "binary"
+    ],
+    "sockets": [
+      "ip"
+    ],
+    "transports": [
+      "buffered"
+    ],
+    "workdir": "../lib/nodets/test"
   }
 ]