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

I found the following in a discreet location in the code. Likely put there to avoid type errors. Seems like vscode encountered this and redefined the global 'angular' variable as type of 'any'.

var angular = window['angular'];