This is my basic setup to get started on a NodeJS server.
It uses Webpack 4 with Babel to take advantage of ES6 imports.
1. First initialize your app. In a new folder run:
$ npm init -y
2. Install your dependencies.
$ npm i -D babel-cli babel-preset-env nodemon
3. Create your .babel.rc with the following content
{
"presets": [
"env"
]
}
4. Include this start script in your package.json
"start": "nodemon main.js --exec babel-node --presets babel-preset-env"
5. Create a main.js and add a console.log
<code>console.log('Hello World!');</code>
That’s it!
Just npm start.
