Visual Studio Code complains that it “Cannot find namespace” for types defined in *.d.ts files

Question

I created a new project using the gulp-angular Yeoman generator with language set to TypeScript. Then ran the Gulp build process and also opened the page in a web browser, w

Answer 1

Adding a tsconfig.json to the root of my VS Code project is what fixed the issue for me. Also, had to restart VS code. Here is what I put inside that file:

{
    "compilerOptions": {
        "target": "es5",
        "module": "commonjs",
        "sourceMap": true
    }
}

For more info on the tsconfig.json file, check out:

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/typescript