Getting intellisense in Visual Studio Code for AngularJs in TypeScript is not as straightforward as one would expect. Follow these steps below to get it working
Open Visual Studio Code
Press CTRL+` and run these commands:
tsc –init
npm install typings –global
typings install dt~jquery --global --save
typings install dt~angular
Now, if you run tsc compiler, your will get errors like so:
in order to fix it:
- create a
global.d.ts file inside typings folder. It will be a new entry point for your TypeScript
- add
import * as angular from "angular" as a first line
- add
/// <reference path="index.d.ts" /> following that:
Modify
tsconfig.json include "files" property to reference the new
global.d.ts file: :
{
"compilerOptions": {
"target": "es5",
"sourceMap": true
},
"files": [
"typings/global.d.ts"
]
}
Let TypeScript compiler know which folder contains your .ts code by adding “include” property to the
tsconfig.json file:
"include": ["src/*"]
where src/ is your source code folder
Run TypeScript compiler and start watching the files:
tsc --watch
Now you get angular and jQuery intellisense in TypeScript:
Well. it’s not really SharePoint specific, but it’s nice to know SharePoint developers can use the same steps.
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