Build tools

• Babel
• Browserify
• Duo
• Grunt
• Gulp
• Jspm
• Webpack
• MSBuild
• NuGet

Babel #

Install #

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

.babelrc #

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

Using Command Line Interface #

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

package.json #

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

Execute Babel from the command line #

npm run build

Browserify #

Install #

npm install tsify

Using Command Line Interface #

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

Using API #

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 #

npm install duo-typescript

Using Command Line Interface #

duo --use duo-typescript entry.ts

Using API #

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 #

npm install grunt-ts

Basic Gruntfile.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 #

npm install gulp-typescript

Basic gulpfile.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 #

npm install -g jspm@beta

Note: Currently TypeScript support in jspm is in 0.16beta

More details: TypeScriptSamples/jspm

Webpack #

Install #

npm install ts-loader --save-dev

Basic webpack.config.js when using Webpack 2 #

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 #

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:

• awesome-typescript-loader

MSBuild #

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

<?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