JQuery intellisense in Visual Studio Code

Question

I decided to jump in Visual Studio Code to create an app.
Now I can't seem to get intellisense working for both JQuery and JQuery Mobile.

My VSC version is 0.10.1

I tried adding a reference.d.ts file with this contents

/// <reference path="js/jquery.d.ts"/>
/// <reference path="js/jquerymobile.d.ts"/>

(files downloaded from https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped)

I tried opening a .js file, add a $(this) and hitting ctrl+period but it says 'No suggestions'.

Something I missed?

UPDATE:

Tried adding a jsconfig.json file following https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/javascript#_javascript-projects-jsconfigjson

{
    "files": [
        "js/jquery.d.ts",
        "js/jquerymobile.d.ts"
    ]
}

Restarted, nothing...

UPDATE 2:

added a .js file, typed $ and clicked on the lightbulb to download jquery.d.ts file. It warns me about adding this file to the jsconfig.json file. After doing all this, restarted still not working.

jsconfig.json file contents:

{
    "files": [
        "typings/jquery/jquery.d.ts"
    ]
}

Nothing!

Answer 1

Latest (as of April 2017) suggested approach to do this is to use automatic type acquisition by adding jsconfig.json file in the root of your project with the following contents:

{
 "typeAcquisition": {
     "include": [
         "jquery"
     ]
   }
}

Then, in your editor you will see:

For more information, check official documentation

Answer 2

If you are already familiar with npm (if not you should)

I suggest you install typings which is a typeScript definition manager that work very well with Visual Studio Code (Tested on Mac and Windows)

Simply run

npm install typings --global

Of course you must need to have npm already installed on your local pc/mac.

After that, move to the command line (terminal or cmd) and run

typings install dt~jquery --global --save

It will create the typings directory and all required files (not need to restart Visual Studio Code) and you are ready to go!.

If you want to know more about typings just follow the typings link above.