How to find module “fs” in VS Code with TypeScript?

Question

I\'m running on a MacBook Air. I installed VS Code as an IDE and also have TypeScript installed.

I have a simple file with just this line:

import fs = req         


        

Answer 1

There is a better way now without going to the previous tsd or typings tools. NPM now has the @types package for typescript. In this example you need the package @types/node:

npm install "@types/node" --save-dev

Make sure you are using the save-dev option to only install the types in development mode, not in production. You should have the latest node libraries when use the npm install "@types/" syntax...

It not finding the fs package because the previous tools typings most likely not using the latest node.d.ts definition file.

Your tsconfig.json file needs to be updated to find these type packages. My example if using jquery, jqueryui and node types. Assuming you need the syntax to work for your code editor as well, in this case the 'atom' code editor

{
"compileOnSave": false,
"compilerOptions": {
    "rootDir": "src",
    "sourceMap": true,
    "target": "es5",
    "module": "amd",
    "declaration": false,
    "noImplicitAny": false,
    "removeComments": true,
    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
    "experimentalDecorators": true,
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "lib": ["es2015", "dom"],
    "baseUrl": "./",
    "typeRoots": [
        "node_modules/@types"
    ],
    "types": [
        "jquery",
        "jqueryui",
        "node"
    ],
    "paths": {
        "src/*": ["src/*"]
    }
},
"exclude": [
    "node_modules",
    "dist",
    "build"
],
"filesGlob": [
    "./src/**/*.ts",
    "./test/**/*.ts",
    "./typings/index.d.ts",
    "./custom_typings/**/*.d.ts",
    "./node_modules/@types/**/*.d.ts"
],
"atom": {
    "rewriteTsconfig": false
}
}