Dev Container for TypeScript and Express.js

This is the complete source code for the article "A Dev Container Template for TypeScript and Express.js".

Prerequisites to Run the Dev Container

This dev container is designed and intended to run on Linux, MacOS and Windows. The following software must be installed on your machine:

1. Docker Desktop
2. VS Code with extension "Remote Development" installed
3. git client
4. Windows only: WSL2 installed and running, git configured to use Windows Credentials Manager

Changes Since the Article

• Added tsoa
• Added inversify including sample Types and binding examples
• Added example for custom jest matcher, for Decimal in this case
• Switched from npm to pnpm for performance and size reasons
• Added example Environment class and IEnvironment interface
• Example controller
• Example for dependency injection using inversify
• File beforeAllTests.ts to demonstrate where to put code that runs before any test is run
• jest.config.ts to demonstrate setting up jest including custom patterns for micro and integration tests
• script upgrade-all that upgrades all dependencies to the latest stable version
• Added Copilot, Copilot Chat and Copilot Labs as extensions to dev container
• upgraded node.js to latest

Planned Changes

In no particular order:

• Add open API documentation
• Add interaction with NATS
• Add OpenID client
• Add Open Policy Agent (OPA) with examples and tests
• Add nginx demon to demonstrate how to redirect ports to other containers