How to Teach Express App to Speak TypeScript Fluently 🌩️

step 1 - install typescript and typescript watch package -

npm i typescript -D npm i tsc-watch -D

step 2 - cd to folder - make typescript config file

tsc --init

step 3 - make some changes in tsconfig -

"rootDir": "./src" 
"outDir": "./dist"

step 4 - go to package.json and make some scripts

"start" : "node dist/index", 
"build" : "tsc -p .", 
"dev" : "tsc-watch --onSuccess \\"node dist/index.js\\" "

step 5 - adding dotenv to the mix too.. (make this change in step 4 dev script)

"dev" : "tsc-watch --onSuccess \\"node -r dotenv/config dist/index.js\\" "

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