Node.js with TypeScript - REST API Starter

Commands

Development Mode

• Builds, runs, and watches for file changes (reloads on change)

npm run dev

TSLint

• Checks for TypeScript style errors (check tslint.json for rules)

Build

• Builds output scripts to dist/

npm run build

Run

• Builds and runs the compiled JS code in dist/

npm start

Project Structure

Name	Description
dist	Contains the distributable (or output) from your TypeScript build. This is the code you ship
node_modules	Contains all your npm dependencies
src	Contains your source code that will be compiled to the dist dir
src/controllers	Controllers define functions that respond to various HTTP requests
src/models	Models define objects that will be returned by your controllers
src/App.ts	Initializes the Express server and your REST API routes
src/index.ts	Creates an instance of App and starts the server