create typescript project

Initialize a Typescript project

Initializing a Typescript project is quite easy, it's about creating a folder and launching init invocations

mkdir mihamina-typescript-project
cd mihamina-typescript-project
/home/mihamina/Apps/node/bin/npm init -y
/home/mihamina/Apps/node/bin/npm install --save-dev typescript @types/node ts-node ts-node-dev
/home/mihamina/Apps/node/bin/npx tsc --init
            

Then I need to add an option in "tsconfig.json" in order to make the resulting Javascript is generated in a directory that I want

// in tsconfig.json
{
  "compilerOptions": {
    // ...
    "outDir": "./dist",
    // ...
  }
}
            

And last, in "package.json", I need to have my usual build and start commands

{
  // ...
  "scripts": {
    "build": "/home/mihamina/Apps/node/bin/npx tsc",
    "start": "/home/mihamina/Apps/node/bin/npx tsc && /home/mihamina/Apps/node/bin/node dist/index.js"
  },
  // ...
}