tsconfig with sensible defaults

tsconfig.json

{
    "compilerOptions": {
        /***** BASIC OPTIONS *****/

        /* target ECMAScript version */
        "target": "esnext",
        /* use ECMAScript module system */
        "module": "esnext",
        /* treat files as isolated independent modules */
        "isolatedModules": true,
        /* enable importing modules with absolute paths */
        "baseUrl": ".",
        /* import path aliases */
        "paths": {
            "@/*": ["src/*"]
        },

        /***** MODULE RESOLUTION OPTIONS *****/

        /* resolve imports like NodeJS */
        "moduleResolution": "node",
        /* allow default imports from modules without default exports */
        "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
        /* allow importing CommonJS modules as ECMAScript modules */
        "esModuleInterop": true,
        /* enable importing json */
        "resolveJsonModule": true,

        /***** TYPE CHECKING OPTIONS *****/

        /* enable strict type-checking */
        "strict": true,
        /* raise error for implicit any types */
        "noImplicitAny": true,
        /* treat null different from undefined */
        "strictNullChecks": true,
        /* raise error when `this` is refereed in an unknown context  */
        "noImplicitThis": true,
        /* enable ECMAScript strict mode */
        "alwaysStrict": true,

        /***** ADDITIONAL CHECKS *****/

        /* raise errors on unused locals */
        "noUnusedLocals": true,
        /* raise errors on unused parameters */
        "noUnusedParameters": true,
        /* raise error when not all code paths in function return a value */
        "noImplicitReturns": true,
        /* raise errors for fallthrough cases in switch statement. */
        "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
        /* check casing when importing modules */
        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
        /* speed up type checking with caching */
        "incremental": true,
        /* do not clear console output on change */
        "preserveWatchOutput": true,
        /* skip type checking for library code */
        "skipLibCheck": true,
        /* raise error when accessing fields with an non-indexed key */
        "noUncheckedIndexedAccess": true,
        /* distinguish undefined from absence of a value */
        "exactOptionalPropertyTypes": true,
        /* raise error for unreachable code */
        "allowUnreachableCode": false,
        /* raise error for unused labels */
        "allowUnusedLabels": false,

        /***** REACT SPECIFIC OPTIONS *****/

        /* jsx to js transformation method */
        "jsx": "react-jsx",
        /* use react when importing jsx modules */
        "jsxImportSource": "react",
    }
}