My VSCode TypeScript prototyping setup

 .vscode/launch.json

{

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"version": "0.2.0",

"configurations": [

{

"type": "node",

"request": "launch",

"name": "Debug TS",

"program": "${workspaceFolder}/index.ts",

"preLaunchTask": "tsc: build - tsconfig.json",

"outFiles": ["${workspaceFolder}/out/**/*.js"]

}

]

}

tsconfig.json

{

"compilerOptions": {

"target": "ES2022",

"module": "commonjs",

"outDir": "out",

"sourceMap": true

}

}