How can I reference typescript files without absolute paths?

Question

Since typescript doesn\'t seem to support absolute path references, I can\'t see how to keep my references tidy. I\'ve got ts files at many different locations in my folder stru

Answer 1

In order to keep your relative path references tidy, specify path alias(es) in your tsconfig.json

First of all install tspath an npm tool for resolving ts paths NOTE: tspath requires a very recent versison of node!

npm install -g tspath

Next, add path aliases to tsconfig.json

"baseUrl": "./",
  "paths": {
    "@Scripts/*": ["./Scripts/typings/jquery/*"],
    "@Plugins/*": ["./MyPlugins/V2/*"]
  }

Now use your alias when referencing your scripts

@Scripts/jquery
@Plugins/myPlugin

After you have run the TypeScript compiler, from your project directory, run:

tspath

or

tspath -f

to skip the prompt!

Read more at: https://www.npmjs.com/package/tspath

Hope this is what you asked for!