Setup for express with typescript

express-backend.sh

mkdir server
cd server/

npm init --yes
yarn add express

echo "Creating index file..."
cat <<EOF > ./index.ts
import express from 'express';
// rest of the code remains same
const app = express();
const PORT = 8000;
app.get('/', (req, res) => res.send('Express + TypeScript Server'));
app.listen(PORT, () => {
  console.log(`⚡️[server]: Server is running at https://localhost:${PORT}`);
});
EOF

yarn add -D typescript ts-node

echo "Creating tsconfig file"
cat <<EOF > ./tsconfig.json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "es6",
    "module": "commonjs",
    "rootDir": "./",
    "outDir": "./build",
    "esModuleInterop": true,
    "strict": true
  }
}
EOF

echo "Creating package.json file"
cat <<EOF > ./package.json
{
  "name": "inbound-express",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "nodemon ./src/index.ts",
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "express": "^4.17.1"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@types/express": "^4.17.11",
    "@types/node": "^15.0.2",
    "nodemon": "^2.0.7",
    "ts-node": "^9.1.1",
    "typescript": "^4.2.4"
  }
}

EOF

yarn add -D @types/node @types/express

yarn add -D nodemon