tsc command not compiling to outDir

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I am pretty new to tsconfig.json configuration, but I am simply wanting to compile my src directories to compiled javascript like it should, but it's just not creating the outDir folder with the compiled code.

This is my tsconfig.json:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "module": "commonjs",
    "esModuleInterop": true,
    "target": "es2017",
    "skipLibCheck": true,
    "noImplicitAny": true,
    "noEmit": true,
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "sourceMap": true,

    "outDir": "dist",

    "baseUrl": ".",
    "jsx": "react",
    "paths": {
      "MyApplicationTypes" : ["@types/MyApplicationTypes/index.d.ts"],
      "*": [
        "node_modules/*"
      ]
    },
    "typeRoots" : ["@types"]
  },
  "include": [
    "server/**/*",
    "client/**/*"
  ],
  "exclude" : [
    "./client/dist",
    "./client/.cache",
    "./dist",
    "./.cache"
  ]
}

My npm run build command is just plain tsc and it runs and completes without any errors or any other output.

The dist/ does not created and even if I create the folder manually, it stays empty. What is going on?!

My folder structure is pretty simple containing both a server and client:

- project
  - client
    - index.html
    - index.tsx
    ... etc
  - server
    - index.ts 
    ... etc

Any reason why? My tsconfig is pretty simple

Shivam Singla · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-09 16:51:27Z

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You have noEmit set to true. As said here, noEmit is used for type checking only.

For more information check TS docs.

answered Oct 9, 2020 at 16:51

Shivam Singla

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RichieHH Over a year ago

I can see where some confusion comes from. In my newly created tsconfig.json the commented out "noEmit" is set to true. In most sane places this would be the default, but here on my setup it isn't - files were still emitted. By uncommenting this line, no more js files were output until I changed it to false or commented it out.

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