node-typescript-skeleton

A modern TypeScript Node.js starter template with best practices and modern tooling.

Features

• ⚡ Fast Development: Uses tsx for lightning-fast TypeScript execution
• 🎯 TypeScript 5.x: Latest TypeScript with modern ES2022 target
• 🔍 ESLint: Code linting with TypeScript-specific rules
• 💅 Prettier: Automatic code formatting
• 📦 Modern Node.js: Requires Node.js 18+ with ES modules support

Quick Start

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start development server with hot reload
npm run dev

# Build for production
npm run build

# Run production build
npm start

Available Scripts

• npm run dev - Start development server with hot reload using tsx
• npm run build - Build TypeScript to JavaScript
• npm start - Run the built application
• npm run clean - Remove build artifacts
• npm run lint - Run ESLint
• npm run lint:fix - Run ESLint and fix auto-fixable issues
• npm run format - Format code with Prettier
• npm run format:check - Check if code is formatted correctly
• npm run type-check - Run TypeScript type checking without emitting

Node.js Version

This project requires Node.js 18 or higher. If you use nvm, run:

nvm use

Development

The project is configured with:

• TypeScript 5.x with strict mode and modern ES2022 target
• ESLint with TypeScript and Prettier integration
• Prettier for consistent code formatting
• tsx for fast TypeScript execution in development

Project Structure

src/
  index.ts          # Main application entry point
dist/               # Built JavaScript files (generated)