I found out about TypeScript, and installed the Visual Studio 2012 Plugin, downloaded the source code and ran the first sample after referencing the .ts file in my HTML document:

function Greeter(person) {
    return "Hello, " + person + ".";
}

var user = "James Kent";

document.body.innerHTML = Greeter(user);

And then proceeded to pile the code at the mand-line, with:

tsc greeter.ts

But I could not pile it, as Visual Studio says:

Command "tsc" is not valid.

After looking all over the TypeScript website, I was unable to find any information about how to get it working. A Google search also yielded no relevant results.

How can I get TypeScript working?

Update: Running any of the samples provided with the source code simply displays a blank page in any browser. However, samples appear to work just fine on the TypeScript website.

I found out about TypeScript, and installed the Visual Studio 2012 Plugin, downloaded the source code and ran the first sample after referencing the .ts file in my HTML document:

function Greeter(person) {
    return "Hello, " + person + ".";
}

var user = "James Kent";

document.body.innerHTML = Greeter(user);

And then proceeded to pile the code at the mand-line, with:

tsc greeter.ts

But I could not pile it, as Visual Studio says:

Command "tsc" is not valid.

After looking all over the TypeScript website, I was unable to find any information about how to get it working. A Google search also yielded no relevant results.

How can I get TypeScript working?

Update: Running any of the samples provided with the source code simply displays a blank page in any browser. However, samples appear to work just fine on the TypeScript website.

• javascript
• visual-studio-2012
• typescript

• You need to reference the .js file that piled from the .ts file.. browsers dont know how to deal with .ts files – udidu Commented Oct 23, 2012 at 13:49
• Nothing was piled as I stated in my question. – Arrow Commented Oct 23, 2012 at 13:53
• Also, if you see the Tutorial section on the TypeScript website, they also use <script src="greeter.Ts"></script> - directly referencing the .ts file. Either way, I can't get it to work or pile. – Arrow Commented Oct 23, 2012 at 13:59
• 1 You are wrong.. check again.. copy/paste from the sample you sent: <script src="greeter.js"></script> – udidu Commented Oct 23, 2012 at 14:02
• Ohhhh! Sorry, my mistake. Damn thing still don't pile though lol. – Arrow Commented Oct 23, 2012 at 14:25

2 Answers 2

Your system cannot find the path to the piler. The piler executable is here (on my x64 Win 8 system) if you want to register it yourself.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\TypeScript\0.8.0.0\

Use it to pile the .ts file to a .js, and use that in your html instead of trying to pile it directly in the browser. That would be really slow.

You can look at the "HTML Application with TypeScript" project in VS, it is configured to pile your TypeScript at the project build.

A simple way to get tsc working on the mand line is using nodejs and the corresponding package manager npm. You can get them from nodejs. Once you have set up nodejs, all you have to do is install the piler with

npm install -g typescript

Executing Typescript directly in the browser is rather plicated. Typescript piles to Javascript, so what you want is reference the piled code in your html.