Avoid triple slash in favor of ES6 import declarations

Metadata

ID: typescript-best-practices/triple-slash-reference

Language: TypeScript

Severity: Notice

Category: Best Practices

Description

Use ESM instead of references.

Non-Compliant Code Examples

/// <reference path="foo" />
/// <reference types="bar" />
/// <reference lib="baz" />

Compliant Code Examples

import * as foo from 'foo';
import * as bar from 'bar';
import * as baz from 'baz';