Typescript setup

ts-node-dev.json

{
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "ts-node-dev -r tsconfig-paths/register --respawn --transpile-only --ignore-watch node_modules --no-notify bin/www.ts"
  }
}

tsconfig.json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "es2017",
    "lib": ["es6"],
    "experimentalDecorators": true,
    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
    "module": "commonjs",
    "rootDir": "./",
    "outDir": "./dist",
    "typeRoots": [
      "./node_modules/@types",
      "./@types"
    ],
    "resolveJsonModule": true,
    "allowJs": true,
    "removeComments": true,
    "esModuleInterop": true,
    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
    "skipLibCheck": true,
    "baseUrl": ".",
    "paths": {
      "@controllers/*": ["./controllers/*"],
      "@models/*": ["./models/*"],
      "@views/*": ["./views/*"]
    },
    "strictNullChecks": true
  }
}