Typescript emitted no output

Expected Behaviour

Get compiled js from ts

Actual Behaviour

Getting the following error:

Module build failed: Error: Typescript emitted no output for C:\xampp\htdocs\node-api\src\js\server.ts. at successLoader (C:\xampp\htdocs\node-api\node_modules\ts-loader\dist\index.js:39:15) at Object.loader (C:\xampp\htdocs\node-api\node_modules\ts-loader\dist\index.js:21:12) at eval (webpack:///./src/js/server.ts?:1:7) at Object…/src/js/server.ts (C:\xampp\htdocs\node-api\dist\js\server.js:81:1) at webpack_require (C:\xampp\htdocs\node-api\dist\js\server.js:20:30) at C:\xampp\htdocs\node-api\dist\js\server.js:69:18 at Object.<anonymous> (C:\xampp\htdocs\node-api\dist\js\server.js:72:10) at Module._compile (module.js:652:30) at Object.Module._extensions…js (module.js:663:10) at Module.load (module.js:565:32) at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12) at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

Use npm run dev in the repository below. Or use the following config files:

Webpack:

const path = require( 'path' ),
	CleanWebpackPlugin = require( 'clean-webpack-plugin' );

module.exports = env => {
	return {
		mode: env.dev ? 'development' : 'production',
		entry: {
			'server': './src/js/server.ts'
		},
		output: {
			path: __dirname,
			filename: './dist/js/[name].js',
		},
		externals: '/node_modules',
		module: {
			rules: [
				{
					test: /\.js$/,
					exclude: ['/node_modules/', '/src/scss/'],
					use: [
						'babel-loader'
					]
				},
				{
					test: /\.ts(x?)$/,
					exclude: ['/node_modules/', '/src/scss/'],
					use: [
						'babel-loader',
						'ts-loader',
					]
				},
				{
					test:  /\.json$/,
					loader: 'json-loader'
				},
			]
		},
		resolve: {
			extensions: ['.js', '.ts', '.tsx'],
			alias: {
				'@': path.resolve(__dirname, './src/js')
			}
		},
		plugins: [
			new CleanWebpackPlugin(['./dist/js', './dist/css']),
		]
	}
};

Typescript:

{
	"compilerOptions": {
		"removeComments": true,
		"preserveConstEnums": true,
		"allowJs": true,
		"outDir": "./dist/js",
		"target": "es5",
		"moduleResolution": "node",
		"module": "es2015",
		"lib": [
			"es2015",
			"es2016"
		]
	},
	"exclude": [
		"./node_modules"
	]
}

Babel:

{
	"presets": [
		[
			"env", {
				"targets": {
					"node": "current"
				}
			}
		],
		"stage-2",
		"es2015"
	],
	"plugins": ["dynamic-import-node"]
}

Location of a Minimal Repository that Demonstrates the Issue.

https://github.com/SuperDJ/node-api

[ChuckJonas]

I ran into this error when I had "noEmit": true, in my tsconfig.json

[eric-burel]

For lost googlers: noEmit: true mistake can happen when easily when you try to reuse a Next.js TypeScript config. Next do not need to actually emit the JS file and uses the tsconfig internally. But if you try to reuse your base config for external tooling, eg Storybook, building a server and so on, don’t forget to add noEmit: false to the extended config.