how to use @types/node in node application

Question

I am working in VSCode on Ubuntu 16.04. I've created node project using below commads:

npm init
tsc --init

I've created a new file called index.ts. I'm trying to use fs and readling to read file contents. but when I am writing below lines of code at the top of index.d.ts:

import fs = require('fs');
import readline =  require('readline');

I'm getting below error: can not find module 'fs' and can not find module 'readline'

even process is not found. I've installed typings of node from here using below command:

sudo npm install @types/node -global --save

Can anyone please help me how to resolve this error?

Solution 1

For TypeScript 1.8, it might be better to typings to install the node types. For detail see the quickstart at: https://basarat.gitbooks.io/typescript/content/docs/quick/nodejs.html.

Solution 2

Since TypeScript 2.x, all typings are installed using npm like this: npm install @types/node.

Comments

[Devin Rhode]

Linking a different question with similar keywords: "When should I install "@types/node" package?" "It seems like VSCode automatically has it installed" stackoverflow.com/questions/60580624/…