--- title: Build a Node App with TypeScript | daily.dev description: Learn how to set up TypeScript to bundle a Node app, including installing dependencies, configuring tsconfig.json, adding scripts to package.json, and running... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/build-a-node-app-with-typescript-d2g8fnwqi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Build a Node App with TypeScript | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to set up TypeScript to bundle a Node app, including installing dependencies, configuring tsconfig.json, adding scripts to package.json, and running... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/build-a-node-app-with-typescript-d2g8fnwqi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/D2G8fNWqi.png og:image:alt: Build a Node App with TypeScript og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Build a Node App with TypeScript **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 4 min read · 87 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Learn how to set up TypeScript to bundle a Node app, including installing dependencies, configuring tsconfig.json, adding scripts to package.json, and running the app. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@maxym** · 0 upvotes > I like how the dev script is handled. Mine is very similar but I didn't know you could run parallel scripts with that syntax. I'll give it a try **@fab978** · 0 upvotes > Cool one --- Tags: [#nodejs](https://daily.dev/tags/nodejs), [#pnpm](https://daily.dev/tags/pnpm), [#typescript](https://daily.dev/tags/typescript) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/build-a-node-app-with-typescript-d2g8fnwqi) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Build a Node App with TypeScript","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/build-a-node-app-with-typescript-d2g8fnwqi","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/build-a-node-app-with-typescript-d2g8fnwqi"},"datePublished":"2024-03-19T17:17:50.009Z","dateModified":"2026-05-07T02:14:28.885Z","description":"Learn how to set up TypeScript to bundle a Node app, including installing dependencies, configuring tsconfig.json, adding scripts to package.json, and running...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c35c13e473f88f924cf5a591c97ef019?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c35c13e473f88f924cf5a591c97ef019?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Community Picks","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Community Picks","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1655817725/logos/community","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},"commentCount":2,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/build-a-node-app-with-typescript-d2g8fnwqi","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":87},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}],"keywords":"nodejs,pnpm,typescript","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Community Picks","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Build a Node App with TypeScript"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/build-a-node-app-with-typescript-d2g8fnwqi","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"I like how the dev script is handled. Mine is very similar but I didn’t know you could run parallel scripts with that syntax. I’ll give it a try","datePublished":"2024-03-20T09:12:43.826Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/D2G8fNWqi#c-unMTzXfGW","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Maxx","url":"https://daily.dev/maxym","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--_XufsF_I--/f_auto/v1741599580/avatars/avatar_J12t3Jj2x"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Cool one","datePublished":"2024-03-25T20:07:46.657Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/D2G8fNWqi#c-fdZCSvvjj","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Furqan ahmad","url":"https://daily.dev/fab978","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--GY0VPIs1--/f_auto/v1788339486/avatars/avatar_01YKXdhx6XxiWycQaD2rh?_a=BAMAMicg0"}}]} ```