simwak / typescript-nodejs-template

A Typescript Node.js Template

Typescript Node.js Template

A very simple Typescript Node.js template with hot reloading.

Install

Download this repository and execute these commands in the extracted/cloned folder

npm install

Commands

Command	Description
npm run build	just builds into build/
npm run start	starts the application
npm run watch	watches the application for changes and restarts it

Absolute Path Module Resolver

The Absolute Path Module Resolver resolves absolute paths in the compiled Typescript (js). It hooks into require and checks if the required module is found in the directory, if yes, it will load it from the directory, otherwise it searches in node_modules.

An Example for a absolute import in Typescript:

import { DatabaseHandler } from "Database/DatabaseHandler"; 

It imports the DatabaseHandler from the folder Database in the root directory of your sources.

The resolver code

import * as fs from 'fs';
const moduleProto = Object.getPrototypeOf(module);
const originalRequire = moduleProto.require;
moduleProto.require = function(request: string) {
    var path : string = __dirname + "/" + request;
    return originalRequire.call(this, (!request.startsWith(".") && fs.existsSync(path + ".js")) ? path : request);
}