Typescript error TS1005: ';' expected

Question

I am trying compile this typescript file:

import http = module(\"http\");
import express = module(\"express\");

With these parameters:

Answer 1

Typescript compiler (https://www.npmjs.org/package/typescript-compiler) commands.

I use --allowimportmodule

Answer 2

The syntax in 0.9.1 is now import mod = require('modname');

Answer 3

I was getting these errors with a .Net Core application in Visual Studio Professional 2019, I got the 16.4.4 update and applied that which in turn had a requirement to reboot the computer which of course closed and then re-opened the solution. After this, the various TS errors went away.