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Create a new express app similar to express-generator but with TypeScript

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--watch instead of nodemon

bagdasaryanem opened this issue · comments

commented

Hi, I'm wondering if it's possible to update the project to use the native ts --watch instead of the Nodemon package. The --watch option is available after Node 18.11.x?

commented

Hmm, could you show me an example of what the command would look like? Keep in mind the current nodemon command uses ts-node.

commented 
"start": "node --watch --loader ts-node/esm src/index.ts"

I use this command in my Express app and it works quite well.

commented

So when I run that command I'm getting this error:

(node:53297) ExperimentalWarning: Watch mode is an experimental feature and might change at any time
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
(node:53298) ExperimentalWarning: Custom ESM Loaders is an experimental feature and might change at any time
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
Error: Cannot find module '@src/declarations/major/EnvVars'

So two things: 1 I think your command is missing the setup for tsconfig paths, and 2 if watch mode is still in the experimental phase probably not a good idea to switch to it just yet. I'm using node v18.16.0.

commented

Closing this cause it's been out for a while and I'ma stick with nodemon for now.