--- title: Day 4/60- Setting Up Your Environment From Scratch description: A beginner-oriented guide for setting up a TypeScript development environment from scratch. Covers installing the TypeScript compiler (tsc) globally via npm... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/day-4-60--setting-up-your-environment-from-scratch-r7ew1c7sl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Day 4/60- Setting Up Your Environment From Scratch | daily.dev og:description: A beginner-oriented guide for setting up a TypeScript development environment from scratch. Covers installing the TypeScript compiler (tsc) globally via npm... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/day-4-60--setting-up-your-environment-from-scratch-r7ew1c7sl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/R7ew1c7sL.png og:image:alt: Day 4/60- Setting Up Your Environment From Scratch 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. # Day 4/60- Setting Up Your Environment From Scratch **[Taiwo Francis Oguntade](https://daily.dev/sources/fstpm3zejud3qgleeoous)** · [@taiwofrancis](https://daily.dev/taiwofrancis) · 1 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A beginner-oriented guide for setting up a TypeScript development environment from scratch. Covers installing the TypeScript compiler (tsc) globally via npm and using ts-node to run TypeScript files directly without a manual compile step, enabling fast local testing from any terminal directory. ## Content To write great code, your local machine needs the right environment. Let's install TypeScript and run your first file in under 60 seconds.  TypeScript cannot be executed directly by web browsers or standard servers. It requires the TypeScript Compiler (`tsc`) to read your code, check for errors, and convert it into clean, runnable JavaScript. By installing the compiler globally via npm, you gain the power to test files instantly from any terminal directory. To make development even faster, installing tools like `ts-node` lets you skip the manual compile step entirely, running your TypeScript files as if they were native scripts. **Welcome to Day 4 of 60 Days of TypeScript.** - **The Rule:** Install `typescript` and `ts-node` globally on your machine. - **The Goal:** Build an environment where testing code takes one single terminal command. **Let's hear it:** Do you prefer compiling files manually using `tsc`, or do you use tools like `ts-node` for fast local testing? ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [So You Want to Code in JavaScript: A Setup Survival Kit](https://daily.dev/posts/so-you-want-to-code-in-javascript-a-setup-survival-kit-ydkff5wsy) · Atomic Spin · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [Build and publish a TypeScript package to npm](https://daily.dev/posts/build-and-publish-a-typescript-package-to-npm-x7yihxfvp) · Flavio Copes · 1 upvotes · 1 comments - [Setting Up a macOS Development Environment](https://daily.dev/posts/setting-up-a-macos-development-environment-1js0iw3z4) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [A Beginner’s Guide to Setting Up a React Native Dev Environment](https://daily.dev/posts/a-beginner-s-guide-to-setting-up-a-react-native-dev-environment-4smzlvm1h) · Atomic Spin · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Intro \+ Setup](https://daily.dev/posts/intro-setup-k1mdkmrf4) · Larablog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#typescript](https://daily.dev/tags/typescript), [#npm](https://daily.dev/tags/npm) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/day-4-60--setting-up-your-environment-from-scratch-r7ew1c7sl) ```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":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/day-4-60--setting-up-your-environment-from-scratch-r7ew1c7sl","headline":"Day 4/60- Setting Up Your Environment From Scratch","text":"A beginner-oriented guide for setting up a TypeScript development environment from scratch. 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