How can I stop “property does not exist on type JQuery” syntax errors when using Typescript?

Question

I am only using one line of jQuery in my application:

$(\"div.printArea\").printArea();

But this is giving me a Typescript error:

Answer 1

You can cast it to

(<any>$('.selector') ).function();

Ex: date picker initialize using jquery

(<any>$('.datepicker') ).datepicker();