How to get TypeScript working with Visual Studio 2013

Question

I have downloaded Typescript plugin for Visual Studio, installed it and restarted my PC. I have also installed both VS 2013 Express for Web and VS 2013 Ultimate Preview but

Answer 1

According to the description here you cannot have the standalone version and the update containing the component at the same time.

I have VS2012 and VS2013 on my system and had a lot of issues with the typescript support (or lack of) with VS2013.

So I uninstalled the typescript 1.0.0 tools for Visual Studio 2012 and re-applied Visual Studio 2013 Update 3. It is now working fine but some details, the project migration were not done properly, I had to exclude the ts and js files, re-include the ts file and make sure that the build action is "TypeScript compile".