Why doesn't TypeScript see the google object?

Question

typescript

I'm learning TS using google maps as an example.

Connecting JS files looks like this:



Typescript file:



For some reason, the "google" object is not in the code, although the script is connected before my app.js file:



When I worked with vanilla JS (without tsa), the google object was and everything was OK.

Please tell me what could be the reason?

Answer 1

The object exists, but its types do not exist.
npm i -D @types/google.maps
This is indicated by the very first line in the documentation .