Importing TypeScript modules

Question

I am just trying to get my head around TypeScript,

Say I have a module animals.ts like this:

export module Animals {

    export interfa         


        

Answer 1

You can use 2 types of syntaxes export/import:

1. (AMD style) Require syntax which supported in ES5:

   var animals = require("animals");

2. Use import style which started suppurts from ES6:

   import { Elephant, Horse } from "animals";

TypeScript supports export = to model the traditional CommonJS and AMD workflow. So both variants will works and I suggest to use 2nd because it more powerful mechanism.

More details about it can be found on official the TypeScript Modules web page.