Babel

Install

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

.babelrc

  1. {
  2. "presets": ["@babel/preset-typescript"]
  3. }

Using Command Line Interface

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

package.json

  1. {
  2. "scripts": {
  3. "build": "babel --out-file bundle.js main.ts"
  4. },
  5. }

Execute Babel from the command line

  1. npm run build

Browserify

Install

  1. npm install tsify

Using Command Line Interface

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

Using API

  1. var browserify = require("browserify");
  2. var tsify = require("tsify");
  3. browserify()
  4. .add("main.ts")
  5. .plugin("tsify", { noImplicitAny: true })
  6. .bundle()
  7. .pipe(process.stdout);

More details: smrq/tsify

Duo

Install

  1. npm install duo-typescript

Using Command Line Interface

  1. duo --use duo-typescript entry.ts

Using API

  1. var Duo = require("duo");
  2. var fs = require("fs");
  3. var path = require("path");
  4. var typescript = require("duo-typescript");
  5. var out = path.join(__dirname, "output.js");
  6. Duo(__dirname)
  7. .entry("entry.ts")
  8. .use(typescript())
  9. .run(function (err, results) {
  10. if (err) throw err;
  11. // Write compiled result to output file
  12. fs.writeFileSync(out, results.code);
  13. });

More details: frankwallis/duo-typescript

Grunt

Install

  1. npm install grunt-ts

Basic Gruntfile.js

  1. module.exports = function (grunt) {
  2. grunt.initConfig({
  3. ts: {
  4. default: {
  5. src: ["**/*.ts", "!node_modules/**/*.ts"],
  6. },
  7. },
  8. });
  9. grunt.loadNpmTasks("grunt-ts");
  10. grunt.registerTask("default", ["ts"]);
  11. };

More details: TypeStrong/grunt-ts

Gulp

Install

  1. npm install gulp-typescript

Basic gulpfile.js

  1. var gulp = require("gulp");
  2. var ts = require("gulp-typescript");
  3. gulp.task("default", function () {
  4. var tsResult = gulp.src("src/*.ts").pipe(
  5. ts({
  6. noImplicitAny: true,
  7. out: "output.js",
  8. })
  9. );
  10. return tsResult.js.pipe(gulp.dest("built/local"));
  11. });

More details: ivogabe/gulp-typescript

Jspm

Install

  1. npm install -g jspm@beta

Note: Currently TypeScript support in jspm is in 0.16beta

More details: TypeScriptSamples/jspm

Webpack

Install

  1. npm install ts-loader --save-dev

Basic webpack.config.js when using Webpack 2

  1. module.exports = {
  2. entry: "./src/index.tsx",
  3. output: {
  4. path: "/",
  5. filename: "bundle.js",
  6. },
  7. resolve: {
  8. extensions: [".tsx", ".ts", ".js", ".json"],
  9. },
  10. module: {
  11. rules: [
  12. // all files with a '.ts' or '.tsx' extension will be handled by 'ts-loader'
  13. { test: /\.tsx?$/, use: ["ts-loader"], exclude: /node_modules/ },
  14. ],
  15. },
  16. };

Basic webpack.config.js when using Webpack 1

  1. module.exports = {
  2. entry: "./src/index.tsx",
  3. output: {
  4. filename: "bundle.js",
  5. },
  6. resolve: {
  7. // Add '.ts' and '.tsx' as a resolvable extension.
  8. extensions: ["", ".webpack.js", ".web.js", ".ts", ".tsx", ".js"],
  9. },
  10. module: {
  11. rules: [
  12. // all files with a '.ts' or '.tsx' extension will be handled by 'ts-loader'
  13. { test: /\.tsx?$/, loader: "ts-loader" },
  14. ],
  15. },
  16. };

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:

  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  2. <Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  3. <!-- Include default props at the top -->
  4. <Import
  5. Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)\TypeScript\Microsoft.TypeScript.Default.props"
  6. Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)\TypeScript\Microsoft.TypeScript.Default.props')" />
  7. <!-- TypeScript configurations go here -->
  8. <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'">
  9. <TypeScriptRemoveComments>false</TypeScriptRemoveComments>
  10. <TypeScriptSourceMap>true</TypeScriptSourceMap>
  11. </PropertyGroup>
  12. <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Release'">
  13. <TypeScriptRemoveComments>true</TypeScriptRemoveComments>
  14. <TypeScriptSourceMap>false</TypeScriptSourceMap>
  15. </PropertyGroup>
  16. <!-- Include default targets at the bottom -->
  17. <Import
  18. Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)\TypeScript\Microsoft.TypeScript.targets"
  19. Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)\TypeScript\Microsoft.TypeScript.targets')" />
  20. </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