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When working with TypeScript, you may have a project with multiple TypeScript files that you want to compile into JavaScript. To compile all of these files at once, you need to configure your TypeScript project to compile all files in TypeScript.
To do this, you’ll need to create a tsconfig.json file in your project’s root directory. This file is a configuration file that specifies how the TypeScript compiler should compile your code. In the tsconfig.json file, you can specify which files should be included in the compilation, the target version of JavaScript that your code should be compiled to, and various other options related to the compilation process.
Here’s an example of a basic tsconfig.json file that you can use to compile all TypeScript files in your project:
{
"compilerOptions":
{
"target": "es5",
"module": "commonjs",
"outDir": "./dist",
"rootDir": "./src"
}, "include": [ "src/**/*.ts" ]
}In this example, the compilerOptions section specifies various options related to the compilation process. For example, the target option specifies that your code should be compiled to the ES5 version of JavaScript, and the module option specifies that your code should use the CommonJS module system. The outDir option specifies the output directory where the compiled JavaScript files should be generated, and the rootDir option specifies the root directory of your project.
The include section of the tsconfig.json file specifies which files should be included in the compilation. In this example, the include option specifies that all TypeScript files in the src directory should be included in the compilation.
Once you’ve created the tsconfig.json file, you can run the TypeScript compiler using the tsc command, and it will use the configuration specified in your tsconfig.json file to compile all of your TypeScript files into JavaScript.
In conclusion, configuring your TypeScript project to compile all files in TypeScript is a simple process that can be done by creating a tsconfig.json file in your project’s root directory. By using this configuration file, you can specify various options related to the compilation process and ensure that all of your TypeScript files are compiled into JavaScript.
TypeScript for Coders – Chapter 21 : Configure typescript project to compile all files in typescript
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