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user1758410
user1758410

Reputation: 63

TypeScript on Visual Studio 2012 Express

I've been having trouble getting TypeScript for Visual Studio 2012 to work. Does anyone know if it will only install on the full edition of VS2012? (I have VS 2012 Express for Web and VS 2012 Express for Desktop).

I've tried all the suggestions I could find on this site, and still no luck. Both VS and TypeScript install correctly, but I can't see TypeScript projects or new items anywhere in VS 2012 Express for Web.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 3913

Answers (2)

Bill Ticehurst
Bill Ticehurst

Reputation: 1868

More specifically, TypeScript doesn't have its own project type currently, so there are effectively just templates leveraging other project types currently (such as C#).

Even more difficult to find is the ASP.NET MVC 3 TypeScript template. For this choose "Visual C# / Web / ASP.NET MVC 3 Web Application" template, then when you click OK you get the option for the TypeScript template (see shot below).

Also, as there is no native project system for TypeScript, its build actions are just Exec tasks within the C# project files currently. i.e. in the csproj you will see an action such as:

  <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
    <Exec Command="&quot;$(PROGRAMFILES)\Microsoft SDKs\TypeScript\0.8.0.0\tsc&quot; @(TypeScriptCompile ->'&quot;%(fullpath)&quot;', ' ')" />
  </Target>

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Upvotes: 1

tpeczek
tpeczek

Reputation: 24125

The TypeScript project likes to hide directly in Visual C# or Visual Basic node of projects templates tree of VS 2012 Express for Web. Just click on one of those, scroll to very bottom and check if it's there:

TypeScript project under Visual C# node

Upvotes: 4

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