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### Configuring the TypeScript Compiler {#configuring-the-typescript-compiler}
The compiler is of no help to us until we tell it what to do. In TypeScript, these rules are defined in a special file called `tsconfig.json`. To generate this file run:
The compiler is of no help to us until we tell it what to do. In TypeScript, these rules are defined in a special file called `tsconfig.json`. To generate this file:
If you use [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/), run:
```bash
yarn run tsc --init
```
If you use [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/), run:
```bash
tsc --init
npx tsc --init
```
Looking at the now generated `tsconfig.json`, you can see that there are many options you can use to configure the compiler. For a detailed description of all the options, check [here](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/tsconfig-json.html).