vscode-typescript-example

This project demonstrates a skeleton structure and necessary settings files to allow TypeScript development in Visual Studio Code (as of build 0.7.10). The project builds all TypeScript (.ts) files into a build/js directory in the root.

Prerequisites

1. You need Node.js. Go install it
2. Ensure the required dependencies have been installed:

$ npm install

Building

1. Clone the repository
2. Open VSCode and select the root of the cloned repository as the project folder
3. Build by either:

• Hitting CTRL/Cmd+Shift+B to build, which is declared in the .settings/tasks.json file with the isBuildCommand marker
• Press CTRL/Cmd+Shift+P and select the Tasks: Run Build Task option
• Press CTRL/Cmd+Shift+P, delete the > and type task build

4. If there were no errors, you should see a new directory, build, in the root with the following content:

build/
    lib/
        mymodule.js 
        mymodule.js.map
    test/
        app.test.js
        app.test.js.map
    app.js
    app.js.map

Your .ts files have been compiled to .js files within the build directory, and each should have a .js.map sourcemap file alongside it to allow stack traces to correctly report the line in the original file. See this StackOverflow article for an overview of what a sourcemap is.

Testing

There's a sample test located in the test folder. You can run them by hitting CTRL/Command+Shift+T (or use the Tasks menu and run Tasks: Run Test Task)

Running and Debugging

To run the project in debug mode, simply hit F5! Place breakpoints in your TypeScript code and view them in the debugger (CTRL+Shift+D or Cmd+Shift+D).

License

MIT