wrzlbrmft/typescript-node-express-aws-eb

When does Typescript compile to Javascript

JuanAntelo opened this issue · 1 comments

Hi,

I understand that Typescript compiles to Javascript and then the Javascript becomes executed.

However, I do not see this in your program. Is it that AWS supports Typescript on Node out of the box?

Hi Juan, AWS Beanstalk has Node.js support built in but also runs an npm install using the package.json file you provide with your package. The package.json in this repo lists TypeScript as a dependency, which Beanstalk automatically installs (among other dependencies like typings, which by the way is depricated). The TypeScript compiler (tsc) is called here as part of the prestart step:
https://github.com/wrzlbrmft/typescript-node-express-aws-eb/blob/master/src/package.json#L13
Hope that answers your question!
Cheers,
Matthias