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Minimal TypeScript project setup for curious minds

This repository contains a simple setup for Node.js project with TypeScript. Feel free to take a look around the source code and step-by-step commit history, clone and fork the repo to try it out, and open Issues to share your suggestions for improvements.

Please refer to this blog post for a detailed explanation.

Project setup

git clone https://github.com/bobaekang/minimal-typescript-setup.git
cd minimal-typescript-setup

npm install

Project structure

/
/dist   <- compiled JavaScript code goes here
/src    <- TypeScript source code lives here
/test   <- test files (**.test.ts) live     here

Main dependencies

• TypeScript
• ts-node for development server
• ESLint for linting
• typescript-eslint for ESLint plugins to support TypeScript
• Prettier for formatting source code
• Mocha for testing

npm scripts

npm script	description
build	Compile TypeScript source code to JavaScript
lint	Typecheck, lint and format TypeScript source code
serve	Run TypeScript source code directly with ts-node
start	Run compiled JavaScript code
test	Run tests with Mocha

License

MIT