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[server-only] [typescript] Typescript "Cannot find" many (all?) modules

See original GitHub issue

Running gulp server.compile_tsc

server/api/todo/dao/todo-dao.ts(1,27): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'mongoose'. server/api/todo/dao/todo-dao.ts(2,26): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'bluebird'. server/api/todo/dao/todo-dao.ts(3,20): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'lodash'. server/api/todo/model/todo-model.ts(1,27): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'mongoose'. server/api/todo/controller/todo-controller.ts(1,26): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'express'. server/api/todo/routes/todo-routes.ts(3,26): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'express'. server/commons/static/index.ts(3,26): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'express'. server/commons/static/index.ts(4,21): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'fs'. server/commons/static/index.ts(8,19): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'process'. server/config/db.conf.ts(3,27): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'mongoose'. server/config/db.conf.ts(4,15): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'require'. server/config/db.conf.ts(8,20): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'process'. server/config/db.conf.ts(8,61): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'process'. server/config/routes.conf.ts(3,26): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'express'. server/config/routes.conf.ts(4,25): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'morgan'. server/config/routes.conf.ts(5,29): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'body-parser'. server/config/routes.conf.ts(6,25): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'helmet'. server/config/routes.conf.ts(10,29): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'process'. server/config/routes.conf.ts(11,21): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'process'. server/routes/index.ts(1,26): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'express'. server/server.ts(3,22): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'process'. server/server.ts(4,5): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'require'. server/server.ts(6,12): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'process'. server/server.ts(8,26): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'express'. server/server.ts(9,21): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'os'. server/server.ts(10,23): error TS2307: Cannot find module 'http'. server/server.ts(24,34): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'process'.

The errors are also in Atom with the TypeScript package install.

I’ve tried doing ‘typings install’ to no avail, and removing the typings folder from the exclude stanza in my tsconfig to no avail - the latter spits out tons of “duplicate identifier” errors:

typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1734,9): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'passphrase'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1735,9): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'cert'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1736,9): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'ca'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1737,9): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'crl'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1738,9): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'ciphers'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1740,36): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'context'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1813,9): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'key'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1814,9): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'padding'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1817,9): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'key'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1818,9): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'passphrase'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1819,9): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'padding'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1828,18): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'Stream'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1833,9): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'highWaterMark'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1834,9): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'encoding'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1835,9): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'objectMode'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1838,18): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'Readable'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1854,9): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'highWaterMark'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1855,9): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'decodeStrings'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1856,9): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'objectMode'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1859,18): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'Writable'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1871,9): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'allowHalfOpen'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1875,18): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'Duplex'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1889,18): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'Transform'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1911,18): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'PassThrough'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1916,9): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'showHidden'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1917,9): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'depth'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1918,9): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'colors'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1919,9): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'customInspect'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1980,5): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'export='. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1988,9): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'isRaw'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1990,9): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'isTTY'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1993,9): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'columns'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1994,9): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'rows'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(1995,9): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'isTTY'. typings/main/ambient/node/index.d.ts(2002,18): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'Domain'. typings/main/ambient/serve-static/index.d.ts(85,5): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'export='. typings/main/definitions/bluebird/index.d.ts(742,1): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'export='. typings/main/definitions/bluebird/index.d.ts(746,1): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'export='. typings/main/definitions/bluebird/index.d.ts(750,1): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'export='. typings/main/definitions/lodash/index.d.ts(18287,1): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'export='. typings/main/definitions/lodash/index.d.ts(18294,1): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'export='. typings/main/definitions/lodash/index.d.ts(18298,1): error TS2300: Duplicate identifier 'export='.

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ericmdantascommented, May 3, 2016

After installing the typings, adding /// <reference path="../typings/main.d.ts" /> in server/server.ts and compiling again did the trick.

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ericmdantascommented, May 3, 2016

Alright, I’ll take a look later today.

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