npm init -y npm install typescript npx tsc --init

Core

npm install express

TypeScript support

npm install -D typescript ts-node nodemon @types/node @types/express

Optional but important

npm install dotenv

npm install mongoose npm install -D @types/mongoose

npm install -D ts-node typescript

npm install @types/jsonwebtoken @types/bcrypt @types/node npm install jsonwebtoken @types/jsonwebtoken npm install bcrypt @types/bcrypt