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Typescript does not copy d.ts files to build

You are right – declaration:true implies that only for each given .ts file tsc generates and copies a corresponding .d.ts output file to the build directory (in addition to .js and .map if applicable). So tsc will not copy your custom types.d.ts file to the output directory. Basically .d.ts files are seen as untouchable input … Read more

About “*.d.ts” in TypeScript

The “d.ts” file is used to provide typescript type information about an API that’s written in JavaScript. The idea is that you’re using something like jQuery or underscore, an existing javascript library. You want to consume those from your typescript code. Rather than rewriting jquery or underscore or whatever in typescript, you can instead write … Read more