console.log during build

[ovidius72]

Sorry if I'm asking a stupid question but even searching the issues and the documentation i couldn't find a way to console.log when yarn start.
Tried with the --verbose flag but nothing is logged in the terminal. Thanks

[agilgur5]

Do you mean yarn start in the example/ directory or in the root directory? Because in the root directory that just runs tsdx watch, which is a build process, and as such your source code isn't run there, just built/transpiled.

[ovidius72]

thank you @agilgur5

I don't see the example directory.
I just installed it with npx tsdx create myProj and then picked up the basic template.
From here I've started adding some stuff in the src/index.ts file just for testing.
yarn start should run the project in development/watch mode if I'm not wrong.

[agilgur5]

Ok, yes, the basic template does not have an example/ directory.

Seems like you're misunderstanding something -- TSDX is for package/library developers. tsdx build just outputs built files to dist/. tsdx watch just continuously outputs built files to dist/ as you change your code.

TSDX is not running your code, it is building it. There is tsdx test for testing your code though.

[ovidius72]

I knew mine was a stupid question. I missed the main concept of tsdx. I'm sorry.
Thanks @agilgur5

[XavierGeerinck]

I arrived here after #393

Honestly, I think this service is amazing and enables us to resolve a lot of issues with Typescript in the way we can quickly spin up a Typescript project. Sadly enough I also was going from the understanding that this is mainly for packages and not testing the service :) would be nice if npm run start really starts the project...

Anyways, I understood the use now and will this be looking for other solutions