cannot redeclare block scoped variable (typescript)

Question

I\'m building a node app, and inside each file in .js used to doing this to require in various packages.

let co = require(\"co\");

But gett

Answer 1

For those coming here in this age, here is a simple solution to this issue. It at least worked for me in the backend. I haven't checked with the frontend code.

Just add:

export {};

at the top of your code.

Credit to EUGENE MURAVITSKY

Answer 2

The best explanation I could get is from Tamas Piro's post.

TLDR; TypeScript uses the DOM typings for the global execution environment. In your case there is a 'co' property on the global window object.

To solve this:

1. Rename the variable, or
2. Use TypeScript modules, and add an empty export{}:

export {};

or

3. Configure your compiler options by not adding DOM typings:

Edit tsconfig.json in the TypeScript project directory.

{
    "compilerOptions": {
        "lib": ["es6"]
      }
}