NodeJs Typescript Vitest Setup

Init project

Run commands above to setup project

• npm init -y to init NodeJs project
• npm install typescript tsx @types/node vitest -D to install typescript and Vitest as testing library
• npx tsc --init to create typescript configuration file

Typescript setup

Edit below items in tsconfig.json

• "target": "ES2020"
• "rootDir": "./src"
• "outDir": "./dist"
• "paths": { "@/*": ["./src/*"] }

NodeJs Scripts

Create the following scripts on package.json

  "scripts": {
    "dev": "tsx watch src/index.ts",
    "start": "node build/index.js",
    "build": "tsc",
    "test": "vitest"
  },

Now create src/index.ts file and start coding :)