How does visual studio 2015 resolve TypeScript typings (.d.ts files)

Question

I added the typings for datatables.net via nuget. After that I kept getting errors like:

Error TS2322 Type \'{ dom: string; }\' is not assignable to type

Answer 1

JQuery DataTables changed rather dramatically (and, in my opinion, much for the better) with version 1.10.x. This is the jquery.dataTables.d.ts file.

If you are planning to use only version 1.10.x, you should simply delete the 1.9.4 version, which I presume was included for those still using the older versions.

Answer 2

Visual studio should be able to pick up definitions automatically.

To exclude definition from project use "exclude" section of : tsconfig.json to specify what files to exclude.