Set up TSLint for VS2017

Question

I have tried to install this plugin: Web Analyzer, but unfortunately it can not be installed in VS 2017. It showed:

VSIXInstaller.NoApplicableSKUsExce

Answer 1

Now that TypeScript has language server plugins support and there's TSLint plugin, another option is available:

• Install Visual Studio 2017 Update 2
• Install TypeScript 2.3 for Visual Studio (This is not only for VS 2015 but also for VS 2017 Update 2)
• Put tslint.json in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\TypeScript\2.3 or any of its parent directories and run npm install typescript tslint tslint-language-service (Visual Studio doesn't search for tslint.json or plugins in the project folder)
• Add "plugins": [{ "name": "tslint-language-service" }] to compilerOptions in your tsconfig.json

Now TSLint in Visual Studio should work: