AssemblyScript in TypeScript

How to reproduce setup

1. npm init
2. npm i -S typescript @types/node assemblyscript
3. npx tsc --init
4. npx asinit .
5. In tsconfig.json add

"compilerOptions": {
  "outDir": "./dist",
  "rootDir": "./"
},
"exclude": [
  "node_modules",
  "assembly"
]

6. In package.json add

"start": "node --experimental-modules --experimental-wasm-modules ./dist/index.js",
"build": "npm run asbuild && tsc -p ./tsconfig.json && npm run copy",
"copy": "rm -rf dist/build/ && cp -r build dist/build/",

7. Rename index.js to loader.ts, add any missing types and export the webassembly instance to be used from other files

How to run

1. npm run build
2. npm start

To read

https://docs.assemblyscript.org/quick-start

https://www.joyent.com/blog/improved-wasm-support-coming-to-node