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I have a TypeScript project that contains a couple other file types that I need to transpile as part of the build process. I can create an NPM script like tsc && other-tool, which works but once you have 3 or 4 tools setup like this the NPM script can start to become a bit complicated. I would like to step things up a bit and create an actual build script (e.g., build.js). I am not to the point where I need some heavyweight build infrastructure like gulp, just a simple .js script with a few lines.



However, I cannot figure out how to turn tsc at the command line (which uses a tsconfig.json for compilation) into a nodejs function call. How can I call tsc from within a nodejs script? I would strongly prefer to not just shell out to TSC CLI, as it seems crazy to me to shell out to a JS script from within a JS script instead of just calling the JS script directly.










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    github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/6387

    – ritaj
    Mar 22 at 11:07











  • @ritaj It is unfortunate that it is that complicated, happen to have any idea to emulate the --watch option using that strategy?

    – Micah Zoltu
    Mar 24 at 6:43











  • Maybe with spawn or exec. Maybe it would be also possible to fork, and to call: require("typescript/lib/tsc.js") in the child process.

    – Paleo
    Mar 24 at 8:34

















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I have a TypeScript project that contains a couple other file types that I need to transpile as part of the build process. I can create an NPM script like tsc && other-tool, which works but once you have 3 or 4 tools setup like this the NPM script can start to become a bit complicated. I would like to step things up a bit and create an actual build script (e.g., build.js). I am not to the point where I need some heavyweight build infrastructure like gulp, just a simple .js script with a few lines.



However, I cannot figure out how to turn tsc at the command line (which uses a tsconfig.json for compilation) into a nodejs function call. How can I call tsc from within a nodejs script? I would strongly prefer to not just shell out to TSC CLI, as it seems crazy to me to shell out to a JS script from within a JS script instead of just calling the JS script directly.










share|improve this question

















  • 2





    github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/6387

    – ritaj
    Mar 22 at 11:07











  • @ritaj It is unfortunate that it is that complicated, happen to have any idea to emulate the --watch option using that strategy?

    – Micah Zoltu
    Mar 24 at 6:43











  • Maybe with spawn or exec. Maybe it would be also possible to fork, and to call: require("typescript/lib/tsc.js") in the child process.

    – Paleo
    Mar 24 at 8:34













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I have a TypeScript project that contains a couple other file types that I need to transpile as part of the build process. I can create an NPM script like tsc && other-tool, which works but once you have 3 or 4 tools setup like this the NPM script can start to become a bit complicated. I would like to step things up a bit and create an actual build script (e.g., build.js). I am not to the point where I need some heavyweight build infrastructure like gulp, just a simple .js script with a few lines.



However, I cannot figure out how to turn tsc at the command line (which uses a tsconfig.json for compilation) into a nodejs function call. How can I call tsc from within a nodejs script? I would strongly prefer to not just shell out to TSC CLI, as it seems crazy to me to shell out to a JS script from within a JS script instead of just calling the JS script directly.










share|improve this question














I have a TypeScript project that contains a couple other file types that I need to transpile as part of the build process. I can create an NPM script like tsc && other-tool, which works but once you have 3 or 4 tools setup like this the NPM script can start to become a bit complicated. I would like to step things up a bit and create an actual build script (e.g., build.js). I am not to the point where I need some heavyweight build infrastructure like gulp, just a simple .js script with a few lines.



However, I cannot figure out how to turn tsc at the command line (which uses a tsconfig.json for compilation) into a nodejs function call. How can I call tsc from within a nodejs script? I would strongly prefer to not just shell out to TSC CLI, as it seems crazy to me to shell out to a JS script from within a JS script instead of just calling the JS script directly.







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    github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/6387

    – ritaj
    Mar 22 at 11:07











  • @ritaj It is unfortunate that it is that complicated, happen to have any idea to emulate the --watch option using that strategy?

    – Micah Zoltu
    Mar 24 at 6:43











  • Maybe with spawn or exec. Maybe it would be also possible to fork, and to call: require("typescript/lib/tsc.js") in the child process.

    – Paleo
    Mar 24 at 8:34












  • 2





    github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/6387

    – ritaj
    Mar 22 at 11:07











  • @ritaj It is unfortunate that it is that complicated, happen to have any idea to emulate the --watch option using that strategy?

    – Micah Zoltu
    Mar 24 at 6:43











  • Maybe with spawn or exec. Maybe it would be also possible to fork, and to call: require("typescript/lib/tsc.js") in the child process.

    – Paleo
    Mar 24 at 8:34







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github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/6387

– ritaj
Mar 22 at 11:07





github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/6387

– ritaj
Mar 22 at 11:07













@ritaj It is unfortunate that it is that complicated, happen to have any idea to emulate the --watch option using that strategy?

– Micah Zoltu
Mar 24 at 6:43





@ritaj It is unfortunate that it is that complicated, happen to have any idea to emulate the --watch option using that strategy?

– Micah Zoltu
Mar 24 at 6:43













Maybe with spawn or exec. Maybe it would be also possible to fork, and to call: require("typescript/lib/tsc.js") in the child process.

– Paleo
Mar 24 at 8:34





Maybe with spawn or exec. Maybe it would be also possible to fork, and to call: require("typescript/lib/tsc.js") in the child process.

– Paleo
Mar 24 at 8:34












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