To exclude JavaScript files generated from both. You can open the workspace settings.json via the Preferences: Open Workspace Settings (JSON) command from the Command Palette ( ⇧⌘P (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+P)). vscode folder at the root of the workspace. The File Explorer will no longer show derived resources for JavaScript if they are compiled to the same location.Īdd the files.exclude setting with a filter in the workspace settings.json file, located in the. This pattern will match on any JavaScript file ( **/*.js) but only if a sibling TypeScript file with the same name is present. VS Code offers filtering capabilities with a files.exclude workspace setting and you can easily create an expression to hide those derived files: When you are working with TypeScript, you often don't want to see generated JavaScript files in the File Explorer or in Search results.

Once in this file, IntelliSense ( ⌃Space (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Space)) will help you along the way.Ī simple tsconfig.json looks like this for ES5, CommonJS modules and source maps: Hiding derived JavaScript files To do this, open up the folder where you want to store your source and add a new file named tsconfig.json. A tsconfig.json file defines the TypeScript project settings, such as the compiler options and the files that should be included. Typically the first step in any new TypeScript project is to add a tsconfig.json file.

Later in the article, we'll discuss how you can change the version of TypeScript language service that VS Code uses. You can see the VS Code's TypeScript version in the Status Bar when you open a TypeScript file. It is important to keep in mind that VS Code's TypeScript language service is separate from your installed TypeScript compiler. tsc -version tsc -helpĪnother option is to install the TypeScript compiler locally in your project ( npm install -save-dev typescript) and has the benefit of avoiding possible interactions with other TypeScript projects you may have. You can test your install by checking the version or help.

If you have npm installed, you can install TypeScript globally ( -g) on your computer by: npm install -g typescript The easiest way to install TypeScript is through npm, the Node.js Package Manager. You will need to install the TypeScript compiler either globally or in your workspace to transpile TypeScript source code to JavaScript ( tsc HelloWorld.ts). Visual Studio Code includes TypeScript language support but does not include the TypeScript compiler, tsc. It offers classes, modules, and interfaces to help you build robust components. TypeScript is a typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JavaScript.

Configure IntelliSense for cross-compiling.

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