tsconfig.json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "ESNext" /* Set the JavaScript language version for emitted JavaScript and include compatible library declarations. */,
    "module": "commonjs" /* Specify what module code is generated. */,
    "esModuleInterop": true /* Emit additional JavaScript to ease support for importing CommonJS modules. This enables 'allowSyntheticDefaultImports' for type compatibility. */,
    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true /* Ensure that casing is correct in imports. */,
    "strict": true /* Enable all strict type-checking options. */,
    "strictFunctionTypes": true /* When assigning functions, check to ensure parameters and the return values are subtype-compatible. */,
    "skipLibCheck": true /* Skip type checking all .d.ts files. */,
    "strictNullChecks": true /* When type checking, take into account 'null' and 'undefined'. */,
    "noEmit": true /* Disable emitting files from a compilation. */,
    "outDir": "./dist" /* Specify an output folder for all emitted files. */,
    "baseUrl": "./" /* Sets a base directory from which to resolve bare specifier module names. */,
    "paths": {
      "@/*": ["./src/*"]
    }
  },
  "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "tests"], // its fine to include tests here because we dont use tsc for final build + fix for vscode intellisense
  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist", "src/**/*.spec.ts", "src/**/*.test.ts"]
}