Node and TypeScript Setup locally

[Type-Style]

• download & install Node
  npm init -y
• Install TypeScript & check version
  npm install --save-dev typescript
npx tsc --version
• Configure tsconfig
  tsconfig.json

{
  "extends": "@tsconfig/node20/tsconfig.json",
  "include": ["src/**/*"],
  "exclude": ["node_modules"]
}

• Inspect package version for ts setup

• install compiler options

• add compiler options

"compilerOptions": {
	"outDir": "dist"
}

• install types for less errors
  npm install --save-dev @types/node

• test typescript compiler
  createindex.tscontaining console.log("hello world")
  run npx tsc

• configure watcher
  npm install --save-dev ts-node nodemon
  nodemon.json

{
  "watch": ["src"],
  "ext": ".ts",
  "ignore": [],
  "exec": "tsc && node dist/server.js"
}

• prepare debugging
  "compilerOptions": { "sourceMap": true

vscodium debug config

{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "configurations": [
    {
      "name": "Debug server.ts",
      "type": "node",
      "request": "launch",
      "program": "${workspaceFolder}/src/server.ts",
      "preLaunchTask": "tsc: build - tsconfig.json",
      "outFiles": ["${workspaceFolder}/dist/**/*.js"]
    }
  ]
}