TYPESCRIPT

generate tsconfig

npx tsc --init

basic tsconfig file

{
    "compilerOptions": {
      "outDir": "./dist/",
+     "sourceMap": true,
      "noImplicitAny": true,
      "module": "commonjs",
      "target": "es5",
      "jsx": "react",
      "allowJs": true,
      "moduleResolution": "node",
    }
  }

generate tsconfig

[1] $ tsc -v
[2] If the version is older than 1.6:
	$ npm install -g typescript
[3] $ tsc --init

build with tsconfig-paths

{
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node -r tsconfig-paths/register -r ts-node                 
              ./src/index/ts",
    "build": "tsc --project tsconfig.json && tscpaths -p
              tsconfig.json -s ./src -o ./dist"
  }
}