es6 Map() doesn't compile to es5 when using Typescript

Question

I\'ve just started using Typescript in a project for the first time.

I really want to use Map() to organize a small array of key value pairs.

Unfortunately

Answer 1

You'll need a shim or a polyfill.

I've used es6-map once and it's pretty good.

Unfortunately there is no TypeScript definitions for it, so my suggestion would be using es6-shim directly from a CDN and add this to your tsconfig.json.

{
    "compilerOptions": {
        "target": "es5",
        "lib": ["es6"]
    }
}

You'll be able to use ES6 Map strongly typed, your code will be compiled down to ES5 and old browsers would support it through the shim.