TypeScript error in Angular2 code: Cannot find name 'module'

Question

I have defined the following Angular2 component:

import {Component} from \'angular2/core\';

@Component({
  selector: \'my-app\',
  moduleId: module.id,
  te         


        

Answer 1

I use VS 2015, and had same issues, but I have resolved using:

1. add the typings.json file from the angular.io website (2.0.0 final at the moment) and the run:

   typings install // don't forget to install typings globally
   

then

npm install -D @types/node --save

in the package.json I have

"devDependencies": {
"@types/node": "6.0.40",
...

2. in the typings.json I have the following configuration

   {
   "compilerOptions": {
       "target": "es5",
       "module":"commonjs",
       "moduleResolution": "node",
       "sourceMap": true,
       "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
       "experimentalDecorators": true,
       "removeComments": true,
       "noImplicitAny": true,
       "suppressImplicitAnyIndexErrors": true,
       "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
       "types": []
   },
   "exclude": [
       "node_modules",
       "app-dist"
   ]
   }
   

I had to add the types as an empty array

3. check for duplicates, and if moduleId: module.id is still highlighted

p.s. to me personally is a strange issue, because as soon as you exclude typings inside typings.json, you have immediately highlighted 'module', but if you let it in, you have lot's of duplicates. Don't know who to blame, me, typescript or visual studio :)