[TypeScript] Using Typings and Loading From node_modules

Using TypeScript when installing packages from npm often requires you to install related definition files. This lesson shows you how to use typings to install es6-shim then how to configure SystemJS to load from node_modules.

Install:

npm install --save rxjs

Import:

import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';
import 'rxjs/add/observable/interval';

But you will find errors, the reason for that rxjs include es6, but our target is es5.

So, install:

typings install es6-shim --save -ambient

Include:

<script>
    System.config({
        packages: {
            "dist": {
                "defaultExtension": "js",
                "main": "main"
            },
            "rxjs": {
                "defaultExtension": "js"
            }
        },
        map: {
            "lodash": "https://npmcdn.com/lodash@4.13.1",
            "rxjs": "node_modules"
        }
    });

    System.import("dist")
</script>

Then you can start using rxjs;

import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';
import 'rxjs/add/observable/interval';

Observable.interval(1000)
    .subscribe( x => console.log(x))