tsconfig.json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "ES6" /* Set the JavaScript language version for emitted JavaScript and include compatible library declarations. */,
    "module": "commonjs" /* Specify what module code is generated. */,
    "rootDir": "." /* Specify the root folder within your source files. */,
    "sourceMap": true /* Create source map files for emitted JavaScript files. */,
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "outDir": "dist",
    "lib": ["ESNext", "dom"], // specifies which default set of type definitions to use ("DOM", "ES6", etc)
    "removeComments": true, // Strips all comments from TypeScript files when converting into JavaScript- you rarely read compiled code so this saves space
    "allowJs": true,
    "skipLibCheck": true /* Skip type checking all .d.ts files. */,
    "strictNullChecks": true /* Enable strict null checks. */,

    // Module resolution
    "resolveJsonModule": true,

    //linting
    "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. */,
    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
    "noImplicitAny": true,

    // Decorators
    "experimentalDecorators": true,
    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,

    "baseUrl": ".",
    "paths": {
      "#/*": ["./*"],
      "tsoa": ["node_modules/tsoa/dist"],
      "tsoa/": ["node_modules/tsoa/dist/"]
    }
  },
  "include": ["./**/*.ts"],
  "exclude": ["node_modules/**/*", "openapi.json"],
  "ts-node": {
    "require": ["tsconfig-paths/register"]
  }
}