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It covers setting up subpath mappings in package.json for TypeScript... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/only-node-js-subpaths-with-no-restricted-imports-and-perfectionist-sort-imports-bqovdflgq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bqoVDFlGQ.png og:image:alt: Only Node.js subpaths with no-restricted-imports and perfectionist/sort-imports 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. # Only Node.js subpaths with no-restricted-imports and perfectionist/sort-imports **[John Reilly](https://daily.dev/sources/johnnyreilly)** · 4 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A walkthrough of enforcing Node.js subpath imports as the sole import style in a codebase. It covers setting up subpath mappings in package.json for TypeScript and runtime resolution, using ESLint's no-restricted-imports rule to block relative and alias-style imports, and using the perfectionist/sort-imports rule to keep import groups consistently ordered. The author acknowledges the approach is opinionated and may not suit every team. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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