Bootstrapping a TypeScript + Node.js Project

[utterances-bot]

Bootstrapping a TypeScript + Node.js Project

Guide for bootstrapping a minimal TypeScript + Node.js project with modern tooling (March 2021).

https://www.metachris.com/2021/03/bootstrapping-a-typescript-node.js-project/

[majodev]

Nice job chris, esbuild looks highly promising for TypeScript backends, though it not seems to ready for most frontend (webpack) related tasks yet.

[metachris]

Hey Mario 👋 . Thanks, and yeah - esbuild does looks interesting and promising! It's stunningly fast, which is a real pleasure. And it has a pretty versatile plugin API for extensions.

Too bad that hot module replacement is not implemented in esbuild (see #97). One of the things I really appreciate in webapp bundlers. Here are the webpack HMR docs for reference.