tsconfig.json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "module": "commonjs",
    //"allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,     // allows the syntax [import Package from 'package'] instead of [import * as Package from 'package']
    "esModuleInterop": true,
    "target": "es6",
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "typeRoots": [ // needed for the correct working of ts-node that does not use files, include or exclude options by default
      "./node_modules/@types", // add here other paths that include types definition
    ],
    "strict": true, // activates all the strict properties under the strict section
    "sourceMap": true,
    "outDir": "./dist",
    "baseUrl": "./",
    "paths": {
      "*": [
        "node_modules/*",
        "src/types/*"
      ]
    },
    "resolveJsonModule": true, // allow to import json as Typescript objects with syntax import Object from "settings.json",
    "experimentalDecorators": true, // needed for TypeORM entity declaration
    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true, // needed for TypeORM entity declaration
    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
  },
  "include": [
    "src/**/*"
  ]
}