node-typescript-cheatsheet

Cheatsheets for experienced Node.js developers getting started with TypeScript

TS config

You can find more recommended TS config here.

Helpful tools

• Gary Bernhardt on End to End TypeScript: Database, Backend, API, and Frontend
• https://ts-engine.dev/
• https://github.com/gcanti/io-ts flowing runtime tests down and doing validation in runtime
  • podcast discussion https://fullstackradio.com/episodes/144
• attaching properties on to req in Express https://twitter.com/mjackson/status/1294384799231012864?s=20
• https://github.com/goldbergyoni/nodebestpractices

Tip 1

tsconfig.json:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "es2015",
    "module": "commonjs"
  }
}

Tip 2

shipping typescript sourcemaps from a node server: http://npm.im/source-map-support

Tip 3

Instead of

nodemon --exec ts-node src/index.ts

do:

tsc --watch
nodemon dist/src/index.js

https://twitter.com/benawad/status/1211700652549779456