tsconfig.json

/**
 * Minimal TypeScript configuration for Node.js
 * - To choose between native ESM or CJS modules, simply change the "type" option in package.json.
 *   ESM is the default option for the spence-s-starter-template, but the tscofig is set up to use commonjs when the package.json field is changed to "type": "commonjs", or removed.
 */
{
  "compilerOptions": {
    /** Tells TS to use either cjs or esm modules based on package.json */
    "module": "Node16",
    /** Build to the dist foler in the root dir */
    "outDir": "dist",
    /** Use the latest version of ECMAScript */
    "target": "ES2022",
    /** Because we care about types */
    "strict": true,
    /** Just commenting here for symmetry - RTFM */
    "rootDir": ".",
    /** Skip unneeded typechecking of node-modules */
    "skipLibCheck": true,
    /** Build stuffs */
    "sourceMap": true,
    "declaration": true
  },
  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"],
  "include": ["src/**/*"]
}