Download TypeScript Importer and Javascript and TypeScript Nightly for VSCode
To enhance our experience for coding, we are going to install a couple of extensions for VSCode, the TypeScript Importer and JavaScript and TypeScript Nightly.
The TypeScript Importer helps you search your project's TypeScript paths as you type to look for models that it can auto-import.
The JavaScript and TypeScript Nightly tells VSCode to use the very latest version of TypeScript available as its built-in TypeScript version. Only use this when you don't have a local version of TypeScript installed in your project.
Instructor: [0:01] In VS Code, even though it should already work, I'm going to do a few things to make the experience even better. First, I'm going to show you a few extensions that I think help with my TypeScript development.
[0:11] The first extension that I'm going to look for is this TypeScript Importer. The TypeScript Importer is a very helpful extension that will help you search your project's TypeScript paths as you type to look for modules that it can auto-import. We'll learn more about setting custom paths later. This extension is not always perfect, but it can be a huge time-saver.
[0:34] The second extension that I'll use is this JavaScript and TypeScript Nightly extension. This tells VS Code to use the very latest version of TypeScript available as its built-in TypeScript version. It only uses this when you don't have a local TypeScript version installed in your project.
[0:55] You don't have to do this, but if I'm in a workspace that doesn't locally install its own version of TypeScript, I want my editor to use the latest Nightly version by default. That's just my personal preference.