ZenSoftware / ts-express

💠 Typescript 💎 Express 💠 lightweight starter app with modern dev ergonomics

💠 TypeScript 💎 Express 💠

Minimal starter kit with modern dev ergonomics

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A minimal git clone for sandbox experiments with Node.js, Typescript and optionally Docker. This is a "Hello world!" Express app, written in Typescript, with modern development ergonomics preconfigured.

• Typescript type definitions configured for code completion.
• Source files watched with tsc-watch for efficient reloading of incremental builds.
• A Dockerfile is included with scripts to build and run the image.

🛰 Setup commands

git clone https://github.com/ZenSoftware/ts-express.git
cd ts-express
npm install
npm start

🔋 Commands

# Start and watch for source changes
npm start

# Build and output to dist directory
npm run build

# Build the Docker image
npm run docker:build

# Run the Docker image
npm run docker:run