Starting node js service on local - node.js

Question

I have a node js gradle application. I am not sure how to run the application locally.
I have done gradle build (./gradlew) and npm run build(compile). All my dependencies are in the node_modules.
I have a server.ts file having server code apart from the routing.
My package.json-
{
"name": "app",
"version": "..",
"description": "",
"main": "index.js",
"types": "index.d.ts",
"scripts": {
"prepublish": "npm run build",
"build": "tsc",
"test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
},
"author": "",
"license": "ISC",
"dependencies": {
"async-child-process": "^1.1.1",
..
},
"devDependencies": {
"#types/handlebars": "^4.0.36",
"#types/node": "^8.10.45",
"#types/pg-types": "^1.11.4"
}
}
How to run the project on the server.
tsconfig.json
{
"compilerOptions": {
"outDir": "./build/js/",
"sourceMap": false,
"noImplicitAny": false,
"module": "commonjs",
"declaration":true,
"target": "es2015"
},
"include": [
"src/main/ts/**/*.ts"
],
"exclude": [
"node_modules",
"**/*.spec.ts"
]
}

Answer 1

Node.js will not run ts code. after build it'll js code in dist directory(depends on tsconf.json).
In package.json add below code, run npm run serve to start server.
or go to dist dir and run node server.js.
I have created a sample on GitHub check here
"scripts": {
"serve": "npm run build && npm run start",
"start": "node dist/server.js",
"build": "tsc"
}