I need to integrate Angular 6 or 7 (latest version at the time of this writing is 7.0.3) with an ASP.NET MVC 5 application (.NET Framework 4.5+, no .NET Core).
Is Node.js a "must have" in order to run Angular? I need to install the "smallest possible environment" to achieve my goal.
I must also use TypeScript (v3) but not Javascript. Is that possible? Any suggestions?
Many thanks in advance.
EDIT: I looked for a VS 2017 Community Edition project template but most of them are for .NET Core. It would be great if you point to a download location of such a template (ASP.NET MVC 5, TypeScript, Angular 5-7, no Node.js).