JavaScript Intellisense与Visual Studio代码：如何让它适用于所需的模块？

Question

For some reason, intellisense won't work for me for required modules. At least out-of-the box. For example (this is JS code):

const fs = require(‘fs’); 

won't kick intellisense when typing:

fs. 

further down the code.

However, if I install "some" modules in the project's node_modules directory (running the $ npm install command), I will get intellisense to work after bouncing it. Regardless of which modules were installed (apparently).

Even more puzzling, removing the node_modules altogether will make intellisense continue to work. Even bouncing VS Code won't affect intellisense, which will continue to work from this point onward.

It looks like installing "some" modules somehow fixed whatever wasn't right for intellisense. Question is, where is this fix living? In a file? And what is it?

PS: I am using VS Code version 1.7.2 with Node 6.5.0, on Ubuntu Mate 16.04.

Answer 1

• First check if you have jsconfig.json in your source folder
• Then install typings
• With typings now you can install the dt package. Search for the node version you need, command line: typings search node .
  Install with something like: typings install dt~node --global --save
• Just in case reopen vscode.