Typescript compiler: Cannot find name 'Map'

Question

I have Electron + Angular app. I would like to use Typescript for Electron, so I have main.ts file and want to compile it to main.js using 'tsc main.ts'. However, I get the following error:

node_modules/@types/selenium-webdriver/remote.d.ts:139:29 - error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Map'.

Still main.js is generated and can be used when i run electron without tsc command. However, I would like it run by one script without any error.

My tsconfig.json contains:

{
 "compileOnSave": false,
 "compilerOptions": {
  "baseUrl": "./",
  "outDir": "./dist/out-tsc",
  "sourceMap": true,
  "declaration": false,
  "module": "es2015",
  "moduleResolution": "node",
  "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
  "experimentalDecorators": true,
  "target": "es5",
  "typeRoots": [
    "node_modules/@types"
   ],
  "lib": [
   "es2017",
   "dom"
  ]
 }
}

I've already tried various combinations of target and lib configuration (e.g. es6) but with no success.

Can anybody please help? Many thanks!

Your target and lib properties are fine. It's probably something to do with typeRoots. Perhaps the library depends on a version of the nodejs types or something and it is installed in a subdirectory due to multiple versions — Aluan Haddad

Matt McCutchen Matt McCutchen · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-23T21:57:22

When you run tsc main.ts, your tsconfig.json file is not being used. Instead run tsc -p . or simply tsc, and if necessary, restrict the input files to the compilation using the files, include, and exclude options in tsconfig.json.

Typescript compiler: Cannot find name 'Map'

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