diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+node_modules/*
+build/*
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
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+# typescript-node-boilerplate
diff --git a/lib/App.ts b/lib/App.ts
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/App.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// import express = require("express");
+import express from 'express';
+import path = require('path');
+
+import chatRoutes from './routes';
+import { Application } from 'express-serve-static-core';
+
+class App {
+  public server: Application;
+  constructor() {
+    this.server = express();
+    this.mountRoutes();
+  }
+
+  private mountRoutes(): void {
+    const router = express.Router();
+    router.get("/root/:something?", (req, res) => {
+      res.json({
+        success: true,
+        path: `app path ${req.params.something||''}`
+      });
+    });
+
+    this.server.use(router);
+    this.server.use(chatRoutes)
+  }
+}
+
+export default new App().server;
diff --git a/lib/index.ts b/lib/index.ts
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index 0000000..2286cbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import app from "./App";
+
+app.listen(3000, (err: Error) => {
+  if (err) {
+    return console.error(err);
+  }
+  console.log("running on port 3000");
+});
diff --git a/lib/routeHandlers/chat.ts b/lib/routeHandlers/chat.ts
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/routeHandlers/chat.ts
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+import {Request,Response} from 'express';
+
+interface Chat{
+    id:String
+}
+
+class ChatRoutes {
+    public getAllChats(req:Request,res:Response){
+        res.json({
+            success:true,
+            chats:[{id:'x,vnxki'}]
+        });
+    }
+}
+
+export default new ChatRoutes();
diff --git a/lib/routes.ts b/lib/routes.ts
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/routes.ts
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+import chatRoutes from "./routeHandlers/chat";
+import Router from 'express';
+
+const router = Router();
+router.get('/allChats',chatRoutes.getAllChats);
+
+export default router;
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "express-typescript-boilerplate",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "boilerplate for server side application using typescript",
+  "main": "./build/index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
+    "start" : "tsc && node ./build/index.js"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "express",
+    "nodejs",
+    "typescript",
+    "boilerplate"
+  ],
+  "author": "Surya",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@types/express": "^4.16.0",
+    "body-parser": "^1.18.3",
+    "ejs": "^2.6.1",
+    "express": "^4.16.4",
+    "log4js": "^3.0.6"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    /* Basic Options */
+    "target": "es6",                          /* Specify ECMAScript target version: 'ES3' (default), 'ES5', 'ES2015', 'ES2016', 'ES2017','ES2018' or 'ESNEXT'. */
+    "module": "commonjs",                     /* Specify module code generation: 'none', 'commonjs', 'amd', 'system', 'umd', 'es2015', or 'ESNext'. */
+    "lib": ["es2015","dom","es5"],                             /* Specify library files to be included in the compilation. */
+    // "allowJs": true,                       /* Allow javascript files to be compiled. */
+    // "checkJs": true,                       /* Report errors in .js files. */
+    // "jsx": "preserve",                     /* Specify JSX code generation: 'preserve', 'react-native', or 'react'. */
+    // "declaration": true,                   /* Generates corresponding '.d.ts' file. */
+    // "declarationMap": true,                /* Generates a sourcemap for each corresponding '.d.ts' file. */
+    // "sourceMap": true,                     /* Generates corresponding '.map' file. */
+    // "outFile": "./",                       /* Concatenate and emit output to single file. */
+    "outDir": "./build",                        /* Redirect output structure to the directory. */
+    "rootDir": "./lib",                       /* Specify the root directory of input files. Use to control the output directory structure with --outDir. */
+    // "composite": true,                     /* Enable project compilation */
+    // "removeComments": true,                /* Do not emit comments to output. */
+    // "noEmit": true,                        /* Do not emit outputs. */
+    // "importHelpers": true,                 /* Import emit helpers from 'tslib'. */
+    // "downlevelIteration": true,            /* Provide full support for iterables in 'for-of', spread, and destructuring when targeting 'ES5' or 'ES3'. */
+    // "isolatedModules": true,               /* Transpile each file as a separate module (similar to 'ts.transpileModule'). */
+
+    /* Strict Type-Checking Options */
+    "strict": true,                           /* Enable all strict type-checking options. */
+    // "noImplicitAny": true,                 /* Raise error on expressions and declarations with an implied 'any' type. */
+    // "strictNullChecks": true,              /* Enable strict null checks. */
+    // "strictFunctionTypes": true,           /* Enable strict checking of function types. */
+    // "strictPropertyInitialization": true,  /* Enable strict checking of property initialization in classes. */
+    // "noImplicitThis": true,                /* Raise error on 'this' expressions with an implied 'any' type. */
+    // "alwaysStrict": true,                  /* Parse in strict mode and emit "use strict" for each source file. */
+
+    /* Additional Checks */
+    // "noUnusedLocals": true,                /* Report errors on unused locals. */
+    // "noUnusedParameters": true,            /* Report errors on unused parameters. */
+    // "noImplicitReturns": true,             /* Report error when not all code paths in function return a value. */
+    // "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,    /* Report errors for fallthrough cases in switch statement. */
+
+    /* Module Resolution Options */
+    // "moduleResolution": "node",            /* Specify module resolution strategy: 'node' (Node.js) or 'classic' (TypeScript pre-1.6). */
+    // "baseUrl": "./",                       /* Base directory to resolve non-absolute module names. */
+    // "paths": {},                           /* A series of entries which re-map imports to lookup locations relative to the 'baseUrl'. */
+    // "rootDirs": [],                        /* List of root folders whose combined content represents the structure of the project at runtime. */
+    "typeRoots": ["node_modules/@types/"],                       /* List of folders to include type definitions from. */
+    // "types": [],                           /* Type declaration files to be included in compilation. */
+    // "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,  /* Allow default imports from modules with no default export. This does not affect code emit, just typechecking. */
+    "esModuleInterop": true                   /* Enables emit interoperability between CommonJS and ES Modules via creation of namespace objects for all imports. Implies 'allowSyntheticDefaultImports'. */
+    // "preserveSymlinks": true,              /* Do not resolve the real path of symlinks. */
+
+    /* Source Map Options */
+    // "sourceRoot": "",                      /* Specify the location where debugger should locate TypeScript files instead of source locations. */
+    // "mapRoot": "",                         /* Specify the location where debugger should locate map files instead of generated locations. */
+    // "inlineSourceMap": true,               /* Emit a single file with source maps instead of having a separate file. */
+    // "inlineSources": true,                 /* Emit the source alongside the sourcemaps within a single file; requires '--inlineSourceMap' or '--sourceMap' to be set. */
+
+    /* Experimental Options */
+    // "experimentalDecorators": true,        /* Enables experimental support for ES7 decorators. */
+    // "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,         /* Enables experimental support for emitting type metadata for decorators. */
+  },
+  "exclude": [
+    "node_modules"
+  ],
+  "include": [
+    // "./node_modules/@types/express/index.d.ts", //instead use typeRoots param above
+    "lib/*"
+  ]
+}
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