Vscode: error TS2307: Cannot find module 'vscode'

Question

When compiling VSCode extension then typescript persistently complained

error TS2307: Cannot find module \'vscode\'.

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Answer 1

The solution

Run npm install will fix the issue.

Why?

Because there is "post install" script (node ./node_modules/vscode/bin/install) which fetch a vscode.d.ts according to the engine you're using in your project.

Detected VS Code engine version: ^1.6.0 Found minimal version that qualifies engine range: 1.6.0 Fetching vscode.d.ts from: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Microsoft/vscode/e52fb0bc87e6f5c8f144e172639891d8d8c9aa55/src/vs/vscode.d.ts vscode.d.ts successfully installed!

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