How to include definitely typed files in an Angular2 angular-cli based project

angular, angular-cli, definitelytyped, typescript

Solution

Angular-cli uses typescript 2.0, you just need to search for the typings on npm, say you want jquery types, just install them:

npm install --save @types/jquery

And that's it. More info here

Problem

What is the best practice for this scenario: I have created an Angular2 project using `angular-cli` (i.e. using `ng new`) I want to include TypeScript types from definitely typed For example, should I use typings to install the types? How do I make sure the types are included in the `ng build`? If you answer is that I should hack the `webpack` settings somehow, please include how I would do that, since I only have the `angular-cli.json` file

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