Node.js + TypeScript Project Setup CLI

A small interactive CLI to scaffold a Node.js + TypeScript backend project with optional dist/, nodemon, and hover-explainer [RECOMMENDED] support.

🚀 Features

• TypeScript + ts-node support
• Optional dist/ folder for compiled JS
• Nodemon-based dev server
• Generates tsconfig.json, .gitignore, and optional .fileDescriptions.json for hover support
• CLI-driven setup using prompts

🛠️ Requirements

• Node.js >= 14
• ts-node (installed automatically)

📦 Usage

1. Clone or copy this script.
2. Run:

npx create-node-with-ts

3. Answer the prompts:

Root folder name

Main entry file

Use dist/ for compiled output?

Enable nodemon?

Enable hover-explainer support?

npm run build     # Build the project
npm start         # Run it
npm run dev       # If nodemon enabled

4.Folder Structure

my-app/
├── src/
│   └── index.ts
├── dist/          # optional
├── package.json
├── tsconfig.json
├── .gitignore
├── nodemon.json   # optional
└── .fileDescriptions.json  # optional

License
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Let me know if you want me to:
- convert the script into a CLI with `commander` or `yargs`
- generate `.d.ts` support
- publish it as an npm CLI (`npx create-node-ts`)
- add unit tests or linting configs