Typescript & live updating

package.json

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "description": "",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+    "serve": "nodemon --exec ts-node -- index.ts"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -13,8 +13,13 @@
   "author": "Alex Janka",
   "license": "ISC",
   "dependencies": {
+    "@types/node": "^7.0.23",
     "express": "^4.15.3",
     "express-handlebars": "^3.0.0",
-    "handlebars": "^4.0.10"
+    "handlebars": "^4.0.10",
-  }
+    "nodemon": "^1.11.0",
+    "ts-node": "^3.0.4",
+    "typescript": "^2.3.4"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {}
 }

tsconfig.json

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    /* Basic Options */
+    "target": "es5", /* Specify ECMAScript target version: 'ES3' (default), 'ES5', 'ES2015', 'ES2016', 'ES2017', or 'ESNEXT'. */
+    "module": "commonjs", /* Specify module code generation: 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd' or 'es2015'. */
+    // "lib": [],                             /* Specify library files to be included in the compilation:  */
+    // "allowJs": true,                       /* Allow javascript files to be compiled. */
+    // "checkJs": true,                       /* Report errors in .js files. */
+    // "jsx": "preserve",                     /* Specify JSX code generation: 'preserve', 'react-native', or 'react'. */
+    // "declaration": true,                   /* Generates corresponding '.d.ts' file. */
+    // "sourceMap": true,                     /* Generates corresponding '.map' file. */
+    // "outFile": "./",                       /* Concatenate and emit output to single file. */
+    // "outDir": "./",                        /* Redirect output structure to the directory. */
+    // "rootDir": "./",                       /* Specify the root directory of input files. Use to control the output directory structure with --outDir. */
+    // "removeComments": true,                /* Do not emit comments to output. */
+    // "noEmit": true,                        /* Do not emit outputs. */
+    // "importHelpers": true,                 /* Import emit helpers from 'tslib'. */
+    // "downlevelIteration": true,            /* Provide full support for iterables in 'for-of', spread, and destructuring when targeting 'ES5' or 'ES3'. */
+    // "isolatedModules": true,               /* Transpile each file as a separate module (similar to 'ts.transpileModule'). */
+    /* Strict Type-Checking Options */
+    "strict": true, /* Enable all strict type-checking options. */
+    // "noImplicitAny": true,                 /* Raise error on expressions and declarations with an implied 'any' type. */
+    // "strictNullChecks": true,              /* Enable strict null checks. */
+    // "noImplicitThis": true,                /* Raise error on 'this' expressions with an implied 'any' type. */
+    // "alwaysStrict": true,                  /* Parse in strict mode and emit "use strict" for each source file. */
+    /* Additional Checks */
+    // "noUnusedLocals": true,                /* Report errors on unused locals. */
+    // "noUnusedParameters": true,            /* Report errors on unused parameters. */
+    // "noImplicitReturns": true,             /* Report error when not all code paths in function return a value. */
+    // "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,    /* Report errors for fallthrough cases in switch statement. */
+    /* Module Resolution Options */
+    // "moduleResolution": "node",            /* Specify module resolution strategy: 'node' (Node.js) or 'classic' (TypeScript pre-1.6). */
+    // "baseUrl": "./",                       /* Base directory to resolve non-absolute module names. */
+    // "paths": {},                           /* A series of entries which re-map imports to lookup locations relative to the 'baseUrl'. */
+    // "rootDirs": [],                        /* List of root folders whose combined content represents the structure of the project at runtime. */
+    "typeRoots": ["node_modules/@types"] /* List of folders to include type definitions from. */
+    // "types": [],                           /* Type declaration files to be included in compilation. */
+    // "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,  /* Allow default imports from modules with no default export. This does not affect code emit, just typechecking. */
+    /* Source Map Options */
+    // "sourceRoot": "./",                    /* Specify the location where debugger should locate TypeScript files instead of source locations. */
+    // "mapRoot": "./",                       /* Specify the location where debugger should locate map files instead of generated locations. */
+    // "inlineSourceMap": true,               /* Emit a single file with source maps instead of having a separate file. */
+    // "inlineSources": true,                 /* Emit the source alongside the sourcemaps within a single file; requires '--inlineSourceMap' or '--sourceMap' to be set. */
+    /* Experimental Options */
+    // "experimentalDecorators": true,        /* Enables experimental support for ES7 decorators. */
+    // "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,         /* Enables experimental support for emitting type metadata for decorators. */
+  }
+}