Integrating with Build Tools

Babel

Install

sh
npm install @babel/cli @babel/core @babel/preset-typescript --save-dev

.babelrc

js
{ "presets": ["@babel/preset-typescript"] }

Using Command Line Interface

sh
./node_modules/.bin/babel --out-file bundle.js src/index.ts

package.json

js
{ "scripts": { "build": "babel --out-file bundle.js main.ts" }, }

Execute Babel from the command line

sh
npm run build

Browserify

Install

sh
npm install tsify

Using Command Line Interface

sh
browserify main.ts -p [ tsify --noImplicitAny ] > bundle.js

Using API

js
var browserify = require("browserify"); var tsify = require("tsify"); browserify() .add("main.ts") .plugin("tsify", { noImplicitAny: true }) .bundle() .pipe(process.stdout);

More details: smrq/tsify

Duo

Install

sh
npm install duo-typescript

Using Command Line Interface

sh
duo --use duo-typescript entry.ts

Using API

js
var Duo = require("duo"); var fs = require("fs"); var path = require("path"); var typescript = require("duo-typescript"); var out = path.join(__dirname, "output.js"); Duo(__dirname) .entry("entry.ts") .use(typescript()) .run(function(err, results) { if (err) throw err; // Write compiled result to output file fs.writeFileSync(out, results.code); });

More details: frankwallis/duo-typescript

Grunt

Install

sh
npm install grunt-ts

Basic Gruntfile.js

js
module.exports = function(grunt) { grunt.initConfig({ ts: { default: { src: ["**/*.ts", "!node_modules/**/*.ts"] } } }); grunt.loadNpmTasks("grunt-ts"); grunt.registerTask("default", ["ts"]); };

More details: TypeStrong/grunt-ts

Gulp

Install

sh
npm install gulp-typescript

Basic gulpfile.js

js
var gulp = require("gulp"); var ts = require("gulp-typescript"); gulp.task("default", function() { var tsResult = gulp.src("src/*.ts").pipe( ts({ noImplicitAny: true, out: "output.js" }) ); return tsResult.js.pipe(gulp.dest("built/local")); });

More details: ivogabe/gulp-typescript

Jspm

Install

sh
npm install -g jspm@beta

Note: Currently TypeScript support in jspm is in 0.16beta

More details: TypeScriptSamples/jspm

Webpack

Install

sh
npm install ts-loader --save-dev

Basic webpack.config.js when using Webpack 2

js
module.exports = { entry: "./src/index.tsx", output: { path: "/", filename: "bundle.js" }, resolve: { extensions: [".tsx", ".ts", ".js", ".json"] }, module: { rules: [ // all files with a '.ts' or '.tsx' extension will be handled by 'ts-loader' { test: /\.tsx?$/, use: ["ts-loader"], exclude: /node_modules/ } ] } };

Basic webpack.config.js when using Webpack 1

js
module.exports = { entry: "./src/index.tsx", output: { filename: "bundle.js" }, resolve: { // Add '.ts' and '.tsx' as a resolvable extension. extensions: ["", ".webpack.js", ".web.js", ".ts", ".tsx", ".js"] }, module: { rules: [ // all files with a '.ts' or '.tsx' extension will be handled by 'ts-loader' { test: /\.tsx?$/, loader: "ts-loader" } ] } };

See more details on ts-loader here.

Alternatives:

MSBuild

Update project file to include locally installed Microsoft.TypeScript.Default.props (at the top) and Microsoft.TypeScript.targets (at the bottom) files:

xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"> <!-- Include default props at the top --> <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)\TypeScript\Microsoft.TypeScript.Default.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)\TypeScript\Microsoft.TypeScript.Default.props')" /> <!-- TypeScript configurations go here --> <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'"> <TypeScriptRemoveComments>false</TypeScriptRemoveComments> <TypeScriptSourceMap>true</TypeScriptSourceMap> </PropertyGroup> <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Release'"> <TypeScriptRemoveComments>true</TypeScriptRemoveComments> <TypeScriptSourceMap>false</TypeScriptSourceMap> </PropertyGroup> <!-- Include default targets at the bottom --> <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)\TypeScript\Microsoft.TypeScript.targets" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)\TypeScript\Microsoft.TypeScript.targets')" /> </Project>

More details about defining MSBuild compiler options: Setting Compiler Options in MSBuild projects

NuGet

  • Right-Click -> Manage NuGet Packages
  • Search for Microsoft.TypeScript.MSBuild
  • Hit Install
  • When install is complete, rebuild!

More details can be found at Package Manager Dialog and using nightly builds with NuGet

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Last updated: Jul 25, 2020