Install Node & TypeScript (npm i -D typescript), tsc --init
Install Node.js, add TypeScript via npm, and create a tsconfig.json using tsc --init.
Install Node
Prerequisite: Install Node.js (LTS recommended). It provides npm (package manager) and node (runtime), which TypeScript builds on.
npm init
Create a project folder and initialize with npm init -y. This gives you a package.json to manage dependencies and scripts.
All lessons in this course
- What is TypeScript? Benefits & use cases
- Install Node & TypeScript (npm i -D typescript), tsc --init
- First Program & Build/Run (tsc + node / tsx)