Typescript Uncaught ReferenceError: exports is not defined
Solution 1:
posted this question around on multiple sites. to the credit of this individual i was able to fix my problem. https://www.reddit.com/r/typescript/comments/s5vqpj/uncaught_referenceerror_exports_is_not_defined/ht0s9x4/?context=3
Solution change from commonjs to es6 in tsconfig.json
"module": "commonjs"
"module": "es6"