Quick Steps to add Typescript to an NodeJS app
Jul 12, 2021
Add typescript to your NodeJS app in 4 easy steps.
- Install typescript and ts-node
npm install -g typescript
npm install -g ts-node
2. Rename js files to end with ts
find app/src -name "*.js" -exec sh -c 'mv "$0" "${0%.js}.ts"' {} \;
3. create a tsconfig.json file
4. run app using ts-node
ts-node {yourMainEntryPoint}.ts
That should be it!