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package.json

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
   "main": "app.js",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc -p .",
-    "dev": "cross-env NODE-ENV=development nodemon ./bin/www",
-    "start": "node ./bin/www",
+    "dev": "cross-env NODE-ENV=development nodemon --exec ./node_modules/.bin/ts-node -- ./src/index.ts",
+    "start": "node ./build/index.js",
     "test": "ts-mocha -p src/ src/**/*.spec.ts"
   },
   "repository": {

src/HttpHelper/HttpHelper.ts

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export default class HttpHelper {
       const bind = typeof addr === "string"
         ? "pipe " + addr
         : "port " + addr.port;
-      debug("Listening on " + bind);
+      debug("Listening on balls and a half num," + bind);
     });
 
     // listen on provided ports

src/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+"use strict";
+
+// module dependencies
+import HttpHelper from "./HttpHelper/HttpHelper";
+import Server from "./Server/Server";
+// create http server
+
+const app = Server.bootstrap().app;
+const httpPort = HttpHelper.normalizePort(process.env.PORT, 8080);
+app.set("port", httpPort);
+const httpServer = HttpHelper.createServer({
+  app,
+  debugFunc: (str: string) => { console.log(str); },
+  httpPort,
+}, true);

tsconfig.json

@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
       "noImplicitAny": true,
       "moduleResolution": "node",
       "sourceMap": true,
-      "outDir": "../build",
+      "outDir": "./build",
       "baseUrl": "."
   },
   "exclude": [
     "**/*.spec.ts"
   ],
   "include": [
-    "src/**/*.ts"
+    "**/*.ts"
   ]
 }