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TypeScript Babel setup Guide


To create package.json file

    npm init
        or
    npm init -y

To create typescript configuration file

    tsc --init

Inside tsconfig.json file uncomment the "noEmit": true to allow babel to transform files.


To setup babel and it's cli install the following npm dependencies into your project folder

    npm install @babel/core --save-dev
    npm install @babel/preset-typescript @babel/preset-env --save-dev
    npm install typescript --save-dev
    npm install babel-loader --save-dev
    npm install webpack [email protected] webpack-dev-server --save-dev

create a babel config file named as .babelrc and paste the below lines.

{
  "presets": ["@babel/preset-typescript", "@babel/preset-env"],
  "plugins": ["@babel/proposal-class-properties"]
}

create a webpack config file named as webpack.config.js and paste the below lines.

const path = require("path");
module.exports = {
  entry: "./src/index.ts",

  module: {
    rules: [
      {
        test: /\.(ts|js)x?$/,
        exclude: /node_modules/,
        include: [path.resolve(__dirname, "src")],
        use: {
          loader: "babel-loader",
        },
      },
    ],
  },
  output: {
    publicPath: "public",
    path: path.join(__dirname, "public"),
    filename: "bundle.js",
  },
  resolve: {
    extensions: [".ts", ".tsx", ".js"],
  },
};

Add the below script into your package.json

"scripts": {
    "bundle": "webpack",
    "build": "webpack --mode production",
    "serve": "webpack-dev-server --mode development --open",
    "tsc": "tsc"
}

To check typescript types run the below command

    npm run tsc

To see instant live changes use the below command

    npm run serve

To create bundled file use the below command

    npm run build