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`import type { Provider } from '@pulumi/aws'` seems like it doesn’t work. Easy workaround though (just use `aws.Provider` instead through a regular import). but I’m curious to know why it doesn’t work?

What version of typescript are you using? This feature is new to 3.8.

Ah, it's a class, not a type. So you just want `import { Provider } from '@pulumi/aws'`

Oh you’re right, it is a class - but `import type { Class } from 'pkg'` should also work as long as `Class` is only used as a type in the importing module

I might try to debug more later on and see if I can get to the bottom of it

```import * as aws from '@pulumi/aws'
import type { Region } from '@pulumi/aws'```
and here is the exact error:
```TSError: ⨯ Unable to compile TypeScript:
    src/platformapi/index.ts(2,13): error TS1005: '=' expected.
    src/platformapi/index.ts(2,29): error TS1005: ';' expected.
    src/platformapi/index.ts(2,15): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Region'.
    src/platformapi/index.ts(2,24): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'from'.
    src/platformapi/index.ts(9,36): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Region'.```

My gut feeling is that the pulumi CLI bundles a specific version of Typescript compiler into it, and uses that, instead of the `typescript` module I have installed in my project

Have you seen the section at the bottom of the Javascript page? <https://www.pulumi.com/docs/intro/languages/javascript/#disabling-built-in-typescript-support>

Oh very nice, that’s fixed it (as in, I am now seeing a different error message hehe). Thanks <@U011DUGFYBD> :partying_face:

Hey - did you make much progress against this?

I've discovered exactly this - pulumi comes bundled with ts 3.8.something and it doesn't do everything I need it to

or specifically, everything that graphql needs it to

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If you disable built-in TS support and specify your own,  you can work around this.

So like webpack it down to a js file and then pulumi up that?

No, just turn off the built-in typescript support and specify your own versions. You'll use ts-node, no need to tsc or anything. It's all in the linked page, at the bottom.

There's never any webpack for node, is there? No need for that...