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npm start gave Cannot find name 'expect'. errors

See original GitHub issue

Fixed by adding

    "types": [
      "jasmine"
    ]

to tsconfig.json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
    "declaration": true,
    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
    "experimentalDecorators": true,
    "lib": [
      "dom",
      "es2015"
    ],
    "module": "es2015",
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "target": "es5",
    "types": [
      "jasmine"
    ]
  },
  "exclude": [
    "node_modules"
  ],
  "compileOnSave": false,
  "atom": {
    "rewriteTsconfig": false
  }
}

hth Tim

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Created 7 years ago
Comments:13 (10 by maintainers)

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3reactions

tja4472commented, Oct 31, 2016

This works:

  "exclude": [
    "node_modules",
    "e2e",
    "**/*.spec.ts"    
  ],

1reaction

tja4472commented, Dec 26, 2016

Hi @frabnt

Reverting to typescript 2.0.10 worked for me.

  "devDependencies": {
    "@ionic/app-scripts": "0.0.48",
    "@types/jasmine": "2.5.38",
    "@types/node": "6.0.42",
    "angular-cli": "1.0.0-beta.24",
    "jasmine-core": "2.5.2",
    "jasmine-spec-reporter": "2.7.0",
    "karma": "1.3.0",
    "karma-chrome-launcher": "2.0.0",
    "karma-cli": "1.0.1",
    "karma-jasmine": "1.1.0",
    "karma-mocha-reporter": "2.2.1",
    "karma-remap-istanbul": "0.2.2",
    "protractor": "4.0.13",
    "protractor-jasmine2-screenshot-reporter": "0.3.2",
    "ts-node": "1.7.2",
    "tslint": "4.1.1",
    "tslint-eslint-rules": "3.2.0",
    "typescript": "2.0.10"
  },

ionic info

 ordova CLI: 6.4.0
Ionic Framework Version: 2.0.0-rc.4
Ionic CLI Version: 2.1.18
Ionic App Lib Version: 2.1.9
Ionic App Scripts Version: 0.0.48
ios-deploy version: Not installed
ios-sim version: Not installed
OS: Windows 10
Node Version: v6.9.2
Xcode version: Not installed

npm 4.0.5

hth Tim