Does VS Code install TypeScript, and if so: where?

Question

I recently read that installing VS Code also installs the TypeScript compiler. Is this true? If so, where is it installed?

I found a tsc.js file here:

Answer 1

Shell command 'tsc' still giving error about command not found, although I had run

• npm install -g typescript (and tsc -v returns version 1.7.5)

In the end I used external command:

• "command": "C:/Users/user1/AppData/Roaming/npm/tsc.cmd",

• "isShellCommand": "false"

And then it built