Accessors are only available when targeting ECMAScript 5 and higher

Question

I am trying to run this code but it is giving me following errors:

Animal.ts(10,13): error TS1056: Accessors are only available when targeting ECMAScript 5 and higher. Animal.ts(14,13): error TS1056: Accessors are only available when targeting ECMAScript 5 and higher.

interface IAnimal{     name : string;     sayName():string; }  class AnimalImpm implements IAnimal{     private _name : string = '[Animal]';     get name():string{         return this._name;     }      set name(name:string){         this._name = name;     }      constructor(name:string){         this.name = name;     }      sayName():string {         console.log(`My name is ${this.name}`);         return "Hello";     } } 

Answer 1

The only thing which worked for me was to specify the Target on macOS and Windows. Please note the parameter -t is standing for Target.

tsc -t es5 script.ts 

You can run the command on your terminal.

Answer 2

try setting up a tsconfig.json file in your project:

{   "compilerOptions": {     "target": "es5"   }   "files": [] } 

that will tell the typescript compiler to target a version specifically.