tsconfig.json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "ES6" /* Set the JavaScript language version for emitted JavaScript and include compatible library declarations. */,
    "module": "commonjs" /* Specify what module code is generated. */,
    "rootDir": "./" /* Specify the root folder within your source files. */,
    "sourceMap": true /* Create source map files for emitted JavaScript files. */,
    "esModuleInterop": true /* Emit additional JavaScript to ease support for importing CommonJS modules. This enables 'allowSyntheticDefaultImports' for type compatibility. */,
    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true /* Ensure that casing is correct in imports. */,
    "strict": true /* Enable all strict type-checking options. */,
    "skipLibCheck": true /* Skip type checking all .d.ts files. */,
    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
    "noImplicitAny": true,
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "outDir": "dist",

    "lib": ["ESNext", "dom"], // specifies which default set of type definitions to use ("DOM", "ES6", etc)
    "removeComments": true, // Strips all comments from TypeScript files when converting into JavaScript- you rarely read compiled code so this saves space

    // Module resolution
    "baseUrl": "./", // Lets you set a base directory to resolve non-absolute module names.
    "resolveJsonModule": true

    // Source Map
  },
  "include": ["./**/*.ts"],
  "exclude": ["node_modules/**/*"]
}