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Didn't realize how difficult it was to get started with TypeScript compared to Flow. With Flow it has decent defaults so an empty `.flowconfig` is enough to get started. Having to install type definitions for Node in TS was another hurdle. In Flow they're built in.
Can someone help me figure out how to get Node definitions in TS working? I installed @types/node and it successfully installed, and TS picks it up. But using `require("fs")` is still `any`? The @types/node definitions deliberately type `require` as always returning `any`.
How am I supposed to import Node built-ins safely? I've googled "TypeScript with Node.js" and none of the guides cover this, or is it just meant to work and I'm doing something wrong?
I can help you with this! require does not insert types. You must use ‘import’ For example import * as fs from ‘fs’ Then you can use the fs module as usual! Or you can import { readFile } from ‘fs’ and call the function directly
TypeScript also supports a custom "import = require" syntax: import fs = require('fs'); which pulls in types, but is a little clearer around CJS-ism like exporting a functions. I now always use this when importing CJS modules.
Are you setting types yet in compilerOptions?https://github.com/groupon/nilo/blob/master/tsconfig.json …
The above is the boilerplate for “node project” I wrote up while working at Groupon.
We use the ts-node package
What's your tsconfig? Be sure allowSyntheticDefaultImports and esModuleInterop are on.
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