Good advice, and I'm already doing something like that with a gulp script and Browserify.
The following is specific to my case: as I'm working on a Cordova app, in order to launch the test process, I need VS to think the build was successful, which it often no longer does because TS module resolution and its associated configs are completely erratic. This is VS2015 with its Ripple emulator. I could upgrade to VS2017, which instead uses cordova-simulate, but then other TS-related issues appear. I can go into detail on this if you're interested.
If I set the build flag you mentioned, then it defeats the purpose of TypeScript somewhat, since TS's error reporting being wrong is the reason VS wasn't accepting the builds in the first place. TypeScript without correct IDE integration is nearly useless.
If I move to VSCode, the Cordova extension there decides to overwrite config.xml as it pleases, and you can't debug in Chrome (the extension shuts down if you try!). This bit is not TypeScript's fault, but having to go through all these IDEs is.
To be clear, the above is simply my current problem with TS. My complaints about it are not limited to this one issue I'm facing. It has some pretty fundamental flaws that revolve around its mistreatment of its own JavaScript target.
The following is specific to my case: as I'm working on a Cordova app, in order to launch the test process, I need VS to think the build was successful, which it often no longer does because TS module resolution and its associated configs are completely erratic. This is VS2015 with its Ripple emulator. I could upgrade to VS2017, which instead uses cordova-simulate, but then other TS-related issues appear. I can go into detail on this if you're interested.
If I set the build flag you mentioned, then it defeats the purpose of TypeScript somewhat, since TS's error reporting being wrong is the reason VS wasn't accepting the builds in the first place. TypeScript without correct IDE integration is nearly useless.
If I move to VSCode, the Cordova extension there decides to overwrite config.xml as it pleases, and you can't debug in Chrome (the extension shuts down if you try!). This bit is not TypeScript's fault, but having to go through all these IDEs is.
To be clear, the above is simply my current problem with TS. My complaints about it are not limited to this one issue I'm facing. It has some pretty fundamental flaws that revolve around its mistreatment of its own JavaScript target.