Node Setup Configure Node.js for hot reloading with TypeScript

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Create a Node Project

Start with an empty Node project.

command line 
npm init -y

Dependencies

Add the following dependencies and scripts.

file_type_npm package.json 
{
  "name": "stripe-server",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "build": "tsc",
    "start": "node lib/index.js",
    "dev": "concurrently \"tsc -w\" \"nodemon lib/index.js\""
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "cors": "^2.8.5",
    "dotenv": "^8.2.0",
    "express": "^4.17.1",
    "firebase-admin": "^8.6.0",
    "stripe": "^8.43.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
    "@types/cors": "^2.8.6",
    "concurrently": "^5.2.0",
    "nodemon": "^2.0.3",
    "tslint": "^5.12.0",
    "typescript": "^3.2.2"
  }
}
command line 
npm install

npm run dev

TS Config

Add a tsconfig.json to handle TS compilation.

file_type_typescript tsconfig.json 
{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "module": "commonjs",
    "noImplicitReturns": true,
    "noUnusedLocals": true,
    "noImplicitAny": false,
    "outDir": "lib",
    "sourceMap": true,
    "strict": true,
    "target": "es2017",
    "lib": ["ESNext"],
    "strictNullChecks": false,
    "esModuleInterop": true
  },
  "compileOnSave": true,
  "include": [
    "src"
  ]
}

Setup Environment Variables

file_type_config .env 
STRIPE_SECRET=sk_test_YOUR_KEY
WEBAPP_URL="http://localhost:3000"

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