petersem/tsexamples

• install node
• install npm
• install vs code
• initialise node project
  • mkdir xyz
  • cd xyz
  • npm init -y
• install typescript
  • npm install -g typescript
  • tsc --version
• Configure ts build output dir and debugging in tsconfig.json (and ES6)

  {
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "ES6",
    "module": "CommonJS",
    "outDir": "out",
    "sourceMap": true
  }
  

}

- on-going builds 
  <ctrl><shift><b> then select watch tope-level folder
- add typescript dependency to project
- npm install typescript --save-dev
- npm install -g ts-node
- npm i --save-dev @types/node
- install unit testing framework 'JEST'(javascript and ts frameworks, plus type definitions)
- npm install jest ts-jest --save-dev
- npm install @types/jest --save-dev
- npm install --save-dev @jest/globals
- Extras
- npm install -g axios
- npm i --save-dev axios
- npm i -g quicktype
>     quicktype trivia.json --just-types --lang ts -o iTrivia.ts