(more detailed explanations of each step are at the end of the document appendix c) #1 check if right environment is installed

open command prompt type 
#a
    node -v

    command prompt should return the version you have intalled e.g

        v18.13.0     (your version might be diffrent)

#b
    tsc -v

    command prompt should return the version you have intalled e.g

        Version 4.8.4     (your version might be diffrent)

#c
    make sure that you have visual studio installed       

(if any of above is not installed install it installation guide at end of document appendix d)    

#2 making a directory for our project

now if you know how to make a new directory using command prompt do it(more detail at end of document appendix a)
                                or
create a new folder and open it 
click in address bar 
type cmd and press enter

#3 setting up typescript configuration file

in command prompt type

#a
    tsc --init             (and press enter)

    this should create a tsconfig.json file in your directory

    make following changes in this file (more about selecting right values in end of document appendix b)
       
        change following values from whatever they are to following

    #a1
            "target" to "ES2022" (or latest available) 
            
            it should look like this now
                "target": "ES2022", 

    #a2
            "module" to "NodeNext", 

            it should look like this now
            "module": "NodeNext", 

    #a3        
            "moduleResolution" to "NodeNext",

            it should look like this now
            "moduleResolution": "NodeNext",
    (do not forget to save when you are done making changes (ctrl + s))  

#b 
    npm init -y

    this should create a package.json file in your directory

    make following changes in this file

    #b1    

        in line 6 below "main": "index.js", enter 
            "type": "module", (in package.json file created in current directory)

        this should look like this now
            "main": "index.js",
            "type": "module",    

#4 installing requires NPM packages

in command prompt type(each step is installing a package)

#a
    npm i inquirer

    this will install inquirer.js

#b 
    npm i chalk

    this will install chalk.js

#c 
    npm i chalk-animation

    this will install chalk-animator.js

(each step will install package and also add relevant package to package.json file in dependencies) 

#5 adding installed package in node_modules types

in command prompt type

#a

    npm i @types/node -D

    this will add a folder node_modules (folder) and package-lock.json file to your current directory

#b

    npm i @types/chalk -D

#c

    npm i @types/chalk-animation -D

#d

    npm i @types/node -D   

(each of these step will add respective package to node_modules @types folder as well as devdependencies in
package.json file )

#6 create a file named .gitignore in main directory

in this file type

node_modules 

this will prevent uploading node_modules when pushing to github

#7 create an index.ts file in main directory

(just to test)

type following code in this file

console.log("hi")


enter following command in terminal or command prompt

tsc

this should create a index.js file.

#8

command flow

npm i