ExpressJS is one of the go-to technologies for Node JS servers. If you're looking for something to support an Angular client, it's a great choice. Unfortunately the associated generator project produces vanilla JavaScript, and coming from the TypeScript world of Angular, who wants vanilla ES5-ish JavaScript?
Start with yarn run build
$ yarn run build
yarn run v0.20.3
$ yarn run clean && yarn run tsc && yarn run babel && yarn run copy-files
yarn run v0.20.3
$ rm -rf build && rm -rf dist
Done in 0.31s.
yarn run v0.20.3
$ node ./node_modules/.bin/tsc
Done in 1.74s.
yarn run v0.20.3
$ node ./node_modules/.bin/babel --presets es2015 build --out-dir dist --source-maps
build/app.js -> dist/app.js
build/bin/www.js -> dist/bin/www.js
build/models/http_error.js -> dist/models/http_error.js
build/routes/index.js -> dist/routes/index.js
build/routes/users.js -> dist/routes/users.js
Done in 0.80s.
yarn run v0.20.3
$ cp package.json dist/ && cp -r public dist/ && cp -r node_modules dist/
Done in 0.28s.
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Run with cd dist && yarn run start
$ cd dist && yarn run start
yarn run v0.20.3
$ node ./bin/www
