How can I define dependent modules in TypeScript AMD Modules

Question

How can I define the dependent modules in a AMD Module with TypeScript, including, for instance, jQuery and underscore. Using JavaScript I do, for example, like this:

Answer 1

This currently does not work correctly in typescript due to a bug in the compiler (see stackoverflow). What you would need to do is define a module moduleA that imports jquery and underscore, and then compile that with -module amd. Basically, you would need the following three files:

moduleA.ts

export module moduleA {
    import jquery = module("jquery");
    import underscore = module("underscore");
    console.log(jquery.jquery);
    console.log(underscore.underscore);
}

jquery.ts

export module jquery {
    var jquery = "jquery";
}

underscore.ts

export module underscore {
    var underscore = "underscore";
}

Compiling those three files with tsc -module amd yields the following code for moduleA.js:

define(["require", "exports"], function(require, exports) {
    (function (moduleA) {
        var jquery = __jquery__;

        var underscore = __underscore__;

        console.log(jquery.jquery);
        console.log(underscore.underscore);
    })(exports.moduleA || (exports.moduleA = {}));

})

Like I said above, due to a bug in the compiler, this code is actually incorrect and will complain about missing __jquery__ at runtime. However, once this bug is fixed the amd loader of node.js should be able to load the modules.