How to get Visual Studio to automatically include JS files compiled from Typescript?

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I've just began with Typescript in Visual Studio. I notice that when I save the TS files, Visual Studio compiles the JS files and they are resided in the same folder as the TS files. But Visual Studio does not reflect those compiled JS files. In other words, Visual Studio did not include those files into the project. The JS files are only visible when I open the folder in Windows Explorer.

And even if I manually include those js files into Visual Studio, they don't appear under the TS files as a subfile of theirs, like they are linked.

How can I get Visual Studio to include the JS files compiled from the TS files automatically?

Any reason you want them in your project? When you publish, VS should still publish the js files according to some docs, never tried it myself though. — Dick van den Brink
– Dick van den Brink, Commented Apr 12, 2014 at 18:01
In my experience VS didn't publish the js files unless they were part of the project, which was a bit of a headache. What we really want is to have the js files published but also hidden to avoid trying to edit them while allowing them to be bundled etc.. — Alan Gee
– Alan Gee, Commented Jun 13, 2014 at 12:46

micurs · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-14 00:16:21Z

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You can use VSCommand plugin http://vscommands.squaredinfinity.com. This plugins adds many useful commands and one of them is the Group items in the Solution Explorer right click menu.

I use that and then WebEssential to minimize the map the result js files.

answered Apr 14, 2014 at 0:16

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Oak Over a year ago

awesome. thanks for the tip. Greatly reduces solution ugliness

Peter Wone · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-22 12:23:41Z

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Advances in Visual Studio mean that as of VS2015, generated JS files are deployed despite not being in the project, and dragging the TS file onto a web page in the editor will insert a link tag referencing the generated JS file.

answered Jan 22, 2016 at 12:23

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