# Setting up TypeScript with Node

Create a Node project, add the typescript package and a tsconfig.json, then run .ts files with node and check their types with npx tsc --noEmit. Node runs TypeScript by ignoring the types; only tsc checks them.

![Cheat sheet: Setting up TypeScript with Node](https://fsdtrainingmedia.blob.core.windows.net/public/images/2026/11/b17588042d7f4770a666a5faa6ef17a7.webp)

- Category: TypeScript
- Level: Novice
- Tags: npm (nodejs), package.json (nodejs), strict Mode (typescript), tsc, tsconfig.json, typescript
- Updated: November 3, 2026

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