Cannot find module 'path'

Question

I'm attempting to learn Typescript and thought I should also make my webpack config in .ts. This is my webpack.config.ts:

import * as webpack from 'webpack';
import * as path from 'path';

const config: webpack.Configuration = {
    entry: path.resolve('src/main.ts'),

    module: {
        rules: [
            {
                test: /\.tsx?$/,
                use: 'ts-loader',
                exclude: /node_modules/
            }
        ]
    },

    resolve: {
        extensions: ['.tsx', '.ts', '.js']
    },

    output: {
        filename: 'index.js',
        path: path.resolve( 'dist')
    }
}

export default config;

As well as my package.json:

  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "prebuild": "rimraf dist",
    "build": "webpack --config devtools/webpack.config.ts --display-error-details",
    "post-build": "webpack-dev-server --config devtools/webpack.config.ts --mode development"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "devDependencies": {
    "ts-loader": "^4.0.1",
    "ts-node": "^5.0.1",
    "typescript": "^2.7.2",
    "webpack": "^4.1.1",
    "webpack-cli": "^2.0.12",
    "webpack-dev-server": "^3.1.1"
  }
}

The error I get when running npm run build is:

TS2307: Cannot find module 'path'

I have also tried requiring path, but then I get a different error saying it cant find module require.

What seems to be the issue?

Answer 1

This should help

npm i @types/node -D

Typescript needs typings for any module, except if that module is not written in typescript.