@types/node
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Type definitions for Node.js v4.x from https://www.github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
npm install --save-dev @types/node
This package contains type definitions for Node.js v4.x.
The project URL or description is http://nodejs.org/
These definitions were written by Microsoft TypeScript http://typescriptlang.org, DefinitelyTyped https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped.
Typings were exported from https://www.github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/types-2.0/node
Additional Details
The TypeScript package is the core compiler for TypeScript. It provides the language services and type checking for TypeScript code but does not include type definitions for Node.js, which @types/node provides.
ts-node is a TypeScript execution engine and REPL for Node.js. It allows you to run TypeScript files directly without pre-compiling them. It uses the TypeScript package for type checking but relies on @types/node for Node.js type definitions.
tslib is a runtime library for TypeScript that includes helper functions used by TypeScript emitted code. It does not provide type definitions but is often used alongside @types/node in TypeScript projects to reduce code duplication.
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TypeScript definitions for node
The npm package @types/node receives a total of 89,308,901 weekly downloads. As such, @types/node popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @types/node demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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