How to run TypeScript files from command line?
How do I do the same with Typescript
You can leave tsc running in watch mode using tsc -w -p . and it will generate .js files for you in a live fashion, so you can run node foo.js like normal
TS Node
There is ts-node : https://github.com/TypeStrong/ts-node that will compile the code on the fly and run it through node 🌹
npx ts-node src/foo.ts
Run the below commands and install the required packages globally:
npm install -g ts-node typescript '@types/node'Now run the following command to execute a typescript file:
ts-node typescript-file.ts
We have following steps:
First you need to install typescript
npm install -g typescriptCreate one file helloworld.ts
function hello(person){ return "Hello, " + person;}let user = "Aamod Tiwari";const result = hello(user);console.log("Result", result)Open command prompt and type the following command
tsc helloworld.tsAgain run the command
node helloworld.jsResult will display on console