Error compiling 5 MIN QUICKSTART Angular 2.0

Question

On adding the lines -

<reference path="typings/angular2/angular2.d.ts" >

app.ts(1,12): error TS1005: '>' expected.

app.ts(1,16): error TS1005: ';' expected.

app.ts(2,1): error TS1109: Expression expected.

Answer 1

To import the type definition in TypeScript, you need triple forward slashes (///) at the beginning and enclose the reference tag with a forward slash (/>).

/// <reference path="typings/angular2/angular2.d.ts" />

For more examples, take a look at http://www.typescriptlang.org/Handbook#modules-splitting-across-files