ts-node ignores d.ts files while tsc successfully compiles the project

Question

Having compiled my TypeScript project successfully, I intended to run it in VS Code\'s debug mode using ts-node. Problem is, ts-node can\'t find

Answer 1

I was having a similar problem, but I could not add --files, because I run ts-node by registering the module through mocha (i.e. mocha -r ts-node/register ...).

I could solve it by adding a files and a ts-node section to tsconfig.json like this:

// tsconfig.json
{
  "ts-node": {
    "files": true
  },
  "files": [
    "src/index.ts",
    "src/global.d.ts"
  ],
  "compilerOptions":{
    //...
  }
}

I hope somebody will find this useful.

Answer 2

ts-node --files src/boot.ts

ts-node in 7.0.0, default do not Load files from tsconfig.json on startup, you should specific --files

Answer 3

Here's How i fixed it. Add "nodemon --exec ts-node --files src/app.ts" to your dev script.

 "scripts": {
    "start": "node dist/app.js",
    "dev": "nodemon --exec ts-node --files src/app.ts",
    "build": "tsc -p",
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },

Answer 4

I spent way to much time on this issue tried almost everything like adding to typeRoots my typings folder, creating typing folder with structure typings/module/index.d.ts but nothing worked out so now I've figured it out now what the above answer meant

With a new version of ts-node I've changed for my project's scripts:

ts-node@6: ts-node src/index.ts
ts-node@7: ts-node --files src/index

So your script will be changed to something like below

"scripts": {
    "dev": "nodemon --exec ts-node --files src/index",
  }

With the above in action your compile time increase a lot but I couldn't spend more time on this so I'm sticking to the above.

You also might like to visit https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node#help-my-types-are-missing.