Typescript and JQuery compile error: Cannot find name '$'

Question

I\'m testing typescript with jquery, but when I compile the test.ts file, it always gives me an error indicating: Cannot find name \'$\'.

I\'ve already imported jquery &

Answer 1

import * as $ from "jquery";

didn't work for me. Interesting enough,

import { ajax, css } from "jquery";

actually solved my problem.