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What is the difference between the three ways of loading typescript module dependencies?

What is the difference between the following ways of loading typescript module dependencies?

/// <amd-dependency path="someFile"/>

/// <reference path="someFile.ts" />

import someFile = require("someFile");
Solution

  • Covered here : https://typescript.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Modules%20in%20TypeScript

    Disclaimer : My strong opinions follow : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDrWLMUY0R0&hd=1

    import someFile = require("someFile");

    This should be your main form of import. Use this for JS libraries import $ = require("jquery"); as well as its relative file variant for your own files import someFile = require("./someFile");

    /// reference path="someFile.ts" /

    use this only to import type information from .d.ts files and your very own globals.d.ts or vendors.d.ts or tsd.d.ts

    amd-dependency path="someFile"

    You don't need this unless you want to require stuff in CSS / images into your TS.