Yet Another NodeJS TypeScript Starter Project

An opiniated NodeJS TypeScript Starter Project with coding conventions and ESLint rules using VS Code editor.

QuickStart

npm ci
npm build
npm start

Project Structure

TypeScript source code are in ./src directory. Build output are in ./build.

Coding Styles and Conventions

EditorConfig

EditorConfig is supported by most IDEs / Editors to help maintain consistent coding styles. The configuration is defined in .editorconfig.

VS Code extension: EditorConfig

ESLint

ESLint is a static code analysis tool with both style and non-style related rules. TypeScript is supported via the packages here.

Airbnb style guide is adopted using airbnb-typescript config.

Configuration

The excellent config is used to manage application configuration specified in ./config directory. See here for the configuration file loading order / precedence.

VS Code Debug Configuration

Supports debugging in TypeScript and in watch mode. See ./.vscode/launch.json for more details.

Docker Support

docker.env file is provided for convenience to provide the required environment variables or to override image defaults to start the container.

# Builds docker image
npm run build:docker
docker build -t my-app .
# Runs docker image
npm run start:docker
docker run --rm -it -p 3030:3030 --env-file ./docker.env my-app

Development dependencies is excluded from the Docker image using multi-stage docker builds.

Path Mapping / Module Alias

Module aliasing can simplify module imports using absolute paths using TypeScript Path Mapping. However, the module resolution will fail during runtime as NodeJS module resolution does not support it. The npm package module alias is used to fix this. The package.json needs to be configured similarly to tsconfig.json. See usage for more details.

// tsconfig.json
"outDir": "./build",
"baseUrl": "./src",
"paths": {
    "@/*": ["*"],
    "@services/*": ["services/*"]
}

// package.json
"_moduleAliases": {
  "@": "build",
  "@services": "build/services"
}

TODO

• Testing

• Coverage