How can I generate a tsconfig.json file?

Question

How can I generate a tsconfig.json via the command line? I tried command tsc init, but this doesn\'t work.

Answer 1

Setup a ts project as following steps:

• install typescript yarn global add typescript
• create a package.json: run yarn init or setting defaults yarn init -yp
• create a tsconfig.json: run tsc --init
• (*optional) add tslint.json

The project structure seems like:

│  package.json
│  tsconfig.json
│  tslint.json
│  yarn.lock
│
├─dist
│      index.js
│
└─src
       index.ts

Answer 2

I recommend to uninstall typescript first with the command:

npm uninstall -g typescript

then use the chocolatey package in order to run:

choco install typescript

in PowerShell.

Answer 3

It is supported since the release of TypeScript 1.6.

The correct command is --init not init:

$ tsc --init

Try to run in your console the following to check the version:

$ tsc -v

If the version is older than 1.6 you will need to update:

$ npm install -g typescript

Remember that you need to install node.js to use npm.