create-simple-monorepo v0.0.2
TypeScript Monorepo
This is a simple, yet powerful monorepo for TypeScript packages. It doesn't rely on any monorepo-specific libraries and uses TypeScript's project references feature to handle inter-package dependencies.
📦 Package Structure
Each package resides in its own directory under the packages/ directory. Each package has its own package.json and tsconfig.json files.
The package.json file includes the package's dependencies and scripts. The main field points to the CommonJS build, the types field points to the TypeScript declaration file of the CommonJS build, and the browser field points to the UMD build.
The tsconfig.json file extends the root tsconfig.json file and includes the compilerOptions.outDir option to specify the output directory for the TypeScript compiler.
🛠️ Scripts
| Script | Description |
|---|---|
yarn build | Compiles all TypeScript packages to CommonJS modules using the TypeScript compiler. |
yarn build:cjs | Compiles TypeScript packages to CommonJS modules using the TypeScript compiler. |
yarn build:umd | Builds UMD bundles for each package using esBuild. |
yarn build:esm | Builds ESM modules for each package using esbuild. |
yarn build:packageJson | Updates the package.json files in each package based on inter-package dependencies and paths to built files. |
yarn publish:package | Publishes a package to the npm registry. |
yarn publish:test | Publishes a package using Yalc for local testing. |
yarn create:package | Creates a new package. It prompts for the package name, then creates the package directory and files. |
yarn delete:package | Deletes a package. It prompts for the package name, then deletes the package directory and removes the package from the root tsconfig.json file. |
yarn check:packages | Checks if each package is correctly configured in the root tsconfig.json and logs any errors. |
yarn bump | Bumps the version of a package. It prompts for the package name and version type (major, minor, or patch), then updates the package's version. |
yarn clean | Deletes the dist directory in each package. Useful for cleaning up build outputs before building again. |
🚀 Getting Started
- Clone the repository:
git clone <repository-url>. - Install dependencies:
yarn install.
🧱 Using one package inside another
In a monorepo setup, it's common to have one package depend on another. The order in which you perform the setup steps is very important. Here's the correct sequence:
- Declare the dependency: In the
package.jsonfile of the dependent package (e.g.,bar), add a dependency to the package it depends on (e.g.,foo):
"dependencies": {
"foo": "*"
}- add a reference to the dependency in
tsconfig.json: In thetsconfig.jsonfile of the dependent package (e.g.,bar), add a reference to the package it depends on (e.g.,foo):
"references": [
{ "path": "../foo" }
]This tells TypeScript that bar depends on foo, so TypeScript will build foo first when you build bar.
- Import the dependency: In the TypeScript code of the dependent package, import the module it depends on using its package name:
import { foo } from 'foo';- Build the packages: When building your packages, ensure that you build the dependencies before the dependent packages. You can use the provided scripts to build all packages:
yarn buildThis will ensure that the compiled files of the dependencies are available for the dependent packages.
- Checking the configuration: To check if each package is correctly configured in the root
tsconfig.json, you can use the provided script:
node scripts/check-packages.jsThis script checks if each package in the packages directory is declared in both compilerOptions.paths and references in the root tsconfig.json. If a package is not declared in either of these, it logs an error message.