Enhances the dev experience (#7)

* added nodemon and ts-node dev dependencies

* added nodemon.json config file

* updated vscode launch file

* updated readme

.vscode/launch.json

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
             "request": "launch",
             "name": "Launch via NPM",
             "runtimeExecutable": "npm",
-            "runtimeArgs": ["run-script", "start"],
+            "runtimeArgs": ["run-script", "dev"],
             "console": "integratedTerminal",
             "restart": true
         }

README.md

@@ -1,32 +1,32 @@
-# express-ts-starter
+# Express Typescript Starter Project
 
-A starter express app using Typescript! The point of this project is to give you a super simple foundation to get off the ground quickly. It's unopiniated, has no structure(ish) and no templating. These are decisions you'll need to make😜!
+A starter node app using express and typescript! A super simple base to get off the ground quickly. It's unopiniated, has no structure(ish) and no templating.
 
-Oh it also gives you VSCode debuging to boot!
+## How to use?
 
-### How to use?
+### Prerequisites 
 
-#### Prerequisites 
+make sure you have `node` and `npm` installed
 
-Node: `v10+` <br>
-npm: `v6+` <sub>(usually ships with node)</sub>
+### Commands
 
-#### Steps to run
+#### Install
 
-If it's the first time trying to run the starter, install all dependancies 
+If it's the first time trying to run this starter project, install all the dependancies 
 ~~~terminal
 npm install
 ~~~
 
-Run the `development` server
+#### Start developemnt server
+
+Start the `development` server by running the following command in a terminal from the root folder of the project 
 ~~~terminal
 npm run dev
 ~~~
 
-Start a `development` server which the `VSCode debugger` can attach to. The VSCode debug launch config can be found in [.vscode](.vscode). 
-~~~terminal
-npm run debug
-~~~
+If you're in VSCode, run using the debugger by hitting `F5`
+
+#### Build and Start for production
 
 Build the project (outputs to `./dist`)
 ~~~terminal
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Run the built project
 npm start
 ~~~
 
-### How to use with Docker?
+## How to use with Docker?
 
 ~~~terminal
 docker build -t ts-express-app .

nodemon.json

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "execMap": {
+        "ts": "ts-node"
+    }
+}

package.json

@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
         "tsc": "tsc",
         "lint": "eslint . --ext .ts",
         "build": "tsc",
-        "start": "npm run build && node dist/app.js"
+        "start": "npm run build && node dist/app.js",
+        "dev": "nodemon ./src/app.ts"
     },
     "keywords": [
         "node",
@@ -36,6 +37,8 @@
         "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.32.0",
         "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.32.0",
         "eslint": "^8.21.0",
+        "nodemon": "^2.0.20",
+        "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
         "typescript": "^4.7.4"
     },
     "dependencies": {