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Andry
Andry

Reputation: 16845

Pass arguments to TypeScript compiler Node module

I am using TypeScript Node NPM module to compile my .ts files in my project.

The simple case

As for documentation (that is condensed in the NPM page the link I reported above leads to), when compiling a simple file, I just need to:

node node_modules/typescript/bin/tsc.js main.ts

The not so simple case

However, I need to pass parameters to the compiler, so I do this:

node node_modules/typescript/bin/tsc.js main.ts --module commonjs --out out/main.js

But it looks like the --module commonjs --out out/main.js part is not considered and gets lost.

How to successfully pass parameters to tsc.js invoked through 'node'? Thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3023

Answers (2)

basarat
basarat

Reputation: 276299

it looks like the --module commonjs --out out/main.js part is not considered and gets lost.

Not true. It works fine. Most probably the thing you are experiencing:

Do not use --module and --out together

Basically don't use --out. For your use case (to redirect output to a different directory) use --outDir.

Personally, I dislike out for beginners : https://github.com/TypeStrong/atom-typescript/blob/master/docs/out.md

Upvotes: 3

Vale
Vale

Reputation: 2022

By installing typescript with

npm install -g typescript

you should get also the command line compiler (tsc) that you can invoke like you were doing

tsc main.ts --module commonjs -out out/main.js

what you were trying to execute is probably not taking the arguments at all (did you build typescript from source?), all compilation should be done with tsc. Even the tutorial suggests doing so, and you can find more examples in the handbook.

Upvotes: 0

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