ESNext, TypeScript, Babel, Parcel setup for a Node project

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ESNext, TypeScript, Babel, Parcel setup instructions for a Node project

Add dev dependencies:

npm i -D @babel/core @babel/node @babel/preset-env @babel/preset-typescript typescript nodemon parcel

Add the following NPM scripts:

    "start": "node dist/index.js",
    "dev": "babel-node index.ts --extensions \".ts\"",
    "dev:watch": "nodemon --exec babel-node index.ts --extensions \".ts\"",
    "build": "parcel build index.ts"

Create a .babelrc file with the following contents:

{
  "presets": [
    "@babel/preset-typescript",
    [
      "@babel/preset-env",
      {
        "targets": {
          "node": "current"
        }
      }
    ]
  ]
}

Further reading

• TypeScript Babel Starter project from Microsoft
• babel-node docs
• @babel/preset-env docs