Create TypeScript App

A boilerplate to provide a starting point for developing TypeScript applications. It includes support for package management with pnpm, build automation with Rollup, testing with Jest, and CSS Modules with SCSS for enhanced styling capabilities.

Features

• TypeScript
• Ready to use test suite with TypeScript and Jest
• CSS module with scss out of the box and auto class name conversion ( .demo-class → demoClass ).
• Ready to use bundling systems (production and development).
• Development server with hot reloading.
• Easy assets management
• Custom path alias
• Generate production ready static site.

Getting Started

To use this boilerplate, follow the steps below:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/hein-htut-aung/create-typescript-app.git

2. Change into the project directory:

   cd create-typescript-app

3. Install dependencies using pnpm:

   pnpm install

4. Run development server:

   pnpm dev

5. To view the running application, open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:10001.

Scripts

• pnpm dev: Starts the development server with live reloading.
• pnpm prod: Builds the project for production.
• pnpm test: Runs the test suite.

Project structure

  ├── src
  │   ├── demo
  │   │   └── styles.scss
  │   │   └── index.ts
  │   ├── main.ts
  ├── public
  │   ├── index.html.js
  │   ├── static
  │   │   └── favicon.ico
  │   │   └── site.webmanifest
  │   └── assets
  │       └── demo.png
  ├── tests
  │   └── demo.test.ts
  ├── @types
  │   └── custom.d.ts
  └── .github
      └── workflows
          └── action.yml

• src: for source code files. ( alias: @src )
  • entry point → main.ts
• public: contains index html template ( index.html.js ) and static assets.
  • assets: place to store images ( alias: @assets )
  • static: for static files like favicon.ico, robot.txt, etc.
• tests: for test files.
• @types: place to declare custom types.
• .github: to store various configuration files and workflows related to GitHub-specific features and actions. (learn more)

Path Alias

To avoid using long relative paths like ../../src, this boilerplate uses path aliases to improve code readability and maintainability, especially in larger projects with complex directory structures.

• @assets → ./public/assets
• @src → ./src

Styling

The create-typescript-app boilerplate already includes support for CSS modules using post-css and SCSS.

You can create an SCSS file, <filename>.scss, and use it anywhere under the src directory.

Example

// style.scss
.demo-block {
  background-color: black;
}

Note: create-typescript-app will automatically convert .demo-block to demoBlock.

Usage

import styles from './style';

document.getElementById('block');
block.classList.add(styles.demoImg); 

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you have any ideas, improvements, or bug fixes, please feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.