Publishing a simple Typescript library into npm

.npmignore

src

index.ts

export * from './person.model';

package.json

{
  "name": "typescript-library-to-publish",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "A simple library to publish as a public package into npm's registry",
  "main": "dist/index.js",
  "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
  "scripts": {
    "compile": "rimraf dist && tsc"    
  },
  "author": "elvinmeza",
  "devDependencies": {
    "rimraf": "^2.6.2",
    "typescript": "^2.8.3"
  }
}

person.ts

export class Person {
	name: string;
	age: number;
}

tsconfig.json

{
	"compilerOptions": {
		"module": "commonjs",
		"target": "es5",
		"rootDir": "src",
		"outDir": "dist",
		"declaration": true
	},
	"compileOnSave": true,
	"exclude": [
		"node_modules",
		"dist"
	]
}