Check for TypeScript install in preflight

packages/react-scripts/scripts/build.js

@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ process.on('unhandledRejection', err => {
 // Ensure environment variables are read.
 require('../config/env');
 // @remove-on-eject-begin
-// Do the preflight check (only happens before eject).
+// Do the preflight checks (only happens before eject).
 const verifyPackageTree = require('./utils/verifyPackageTree');
 if (process.env.SKIP_PREFLIGHT_CHECK !== 'true') {
  verifyPackageTree();
 }
+const verifyTypeScriptSetup = require('./utils/verifyTypeScriptSetup');
+verifyTypeScriptSetup();
 // @remove-on-eject-end
 
 const path = require('path');

packages/react-scripts/scripts/start.js

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ const verifyPackageTree = require('./utils/verifyPackageTree');
 if (process.env.SKIP_PREFLIGHT_CHECK !== 'true') {
  verifyPackageTree();
 }
+const verifyTypeScriptSetup = require('./utils/verifyTypeScriptSetup');
+verifyTypeScriptSetup();
 // @remove-on-eject-end
 
 const fs = require('fs');

packages/react-scripts/scripts/utils/verifyTypeScriptSetup.js

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// @remove-file-on-eject
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+const chalk = require('chalk');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const resolve = require('resolve');
+const paths = require('../../config/paths');
+
+function verifyTypeScriptSetup() {
+ if (!fs.existsSync(paths.appTsConfig)) {
+ return;
+ }
+
+ const isYarn = fs.existsSync(paths.yarnLockFile);
+
+ // Ensure typescript is installed
+ try {
+ resolve.sync('typescript', {
+ basedir: paths.appNodeModules,
+ });
+ } catch (_) {
+ console.error(
+ chalk.red(
+ 'We detected a',
+ chalk.bold('tsconfig.json'),
+ "in your package root but couldn't find an installation of",
+ chalk.bold('typescript') + '.'
+ )
+ );
+ console.error();
+ console.error(
+ chalk.bold(
+ 'Please install',
+ chalk.cyan.bold('typescript'),
+ 'by running',
+ chalk.cyan.bold(
+ isYarn ? 'yarn add typescript' : 'npm install typescript'
+ ) + '.'
+ )
+ );
+ console.error(
+ 'If you are not trying to use TypeScript, please remove the ' +
+ chalk.cyan('tsconfig.json') +
+ ' file from your package root.'
+ );
+ console.error();
+ process.exit(1);
+ }
+}
+
+module.exports = verifyTypeScriptSetup;