Introduction to Strict Compiler Options

Introduction to TypeScript compiler options

The TypeScript compiler uses the tsconfig.json file to specify a number of compilation options. These options include:

• What version of JavaScript we would like to generate for.

• What the output directory should be.

• Whether or not to allow JavaScript source files within the project directory.

Significance of the strict compiler option

One of the most important options is simply named strict, and this single option turns on a group of other compiler options. ...