TypeScript & JavaScript: compile ts to js

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This tutorial explains how to compile TypeScript script (.ts) to JavaScript ( .js )
via npm (the node package manager) on windows.

Solving:

1. Install npm ( nodejs package manager ):

Howto: http://codingtrabla.blogspot.com/2016/03/npm-npm-install-on-windows.html

2. Sample file demo.ts

class Greeter {
    greeting: string;
    constructor(message: string) {
        this.greeting = message;
    }
    greet() {
        return "Hello, " + this.greeting;
    }
}

var greeter = new Greeter("world");

3. Run windows command line, change directory to demo.ts location and execute following commands

npm install -g typescript
tsc demo.ts

Where npm install -g typescript - install typescript component for node,js globally
tsc demo.ts - compile ts to js.

C:\Users\samuraikit>cd C:\Users\samuraikit\Desktop\typescript-demo
C:\Users\samuraikit\Desktop\typescript-demo>npm install -g typescript
C:\Users\samuraikit\AppData\Roaming\npm\tsserver -> C:\Users\samuraikit\AppData\
Roaming\npm\node_modules\typescript\bin\tsserver
C:\Users\samuraikit\AppData\Roaming\npm\tsc -> C:\Users\samuraikit\AppData\Roami
ng\npm\node_modules\typescript\bin\tsc
C:\Users\samuraikit\AppData\Roaming\npm
`-- typescript@1.8.7
C:\Users\samuraikit\Desktop\typescript-demo>tsc demo.ts
C:\Users\samuraikit\Desktop\typescript-demo>

4. Result - demo.js file