“Declaration or statement expected” Error in Angular2 (or TypeScript)

Question

I\'m completely new to Angular2 and TypeScript. I\'m following Tutorial but I keep coping this error. Is it an error caused by the compiler or something?

Answer 1

Since you didn't accept the answer, I assume you are on OSx?

I had 2 instances of TS installed on my machine, I needed to point to the correct/newer one. Try this:

In Webstorm goto Preferences (Command + ,) -> Languages -> Typescript.

Command Line Options:

-m amd -t ES5

Compiler Versions:

/usr/local/lib/node_modules/typescript/lib

This way it will grab your global typescript instead of the one Webstorm may have set to default for you.