Node.js is a pre-requisite for serving files in development as well as building the project for deployment. To install the dependencies in package.json, run:
$ npm i
For Visual Studio Code, you can get IntelliSense for React by running:
$ npm i typings --global
$ cd [the-project-directory]
$ typings install dt~react --global
$ npm i typescript@next
$ npm start
The app will be available at http://localhost:3000
$ npm run build
The integrity of the build process can be checked by serving the "dist" directory via Express.
$ node dist-server.js
$ npm test