CLI TypeScript migration

.eslintignore

@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ packages/core/src/lib/markdown-it/plugins/*
 
 # --- packages/core end ---
 
+# --- packages/cli ---
+packages/cli/dist/**/*.js
+# --- packages/cli end ---
+
 !.eslintrc.js
 
 # --- packages/vue-components ---
@@ -48,4 +52,4 @@ packages/vue-components/src/utils/utils.js
 
 # --- packages/vue-components end ---
 
-dangerfile.js
+dangerfile.js

.gitignore

@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ packages/core/index.js
 packages/core/src/lib/progress/*.js
 # --- packages/core end ---
 
+# Manual type definitions need to be included
+!packages/cli/src/lib/live-server/index.d.ts
+
 # Nx for Lerna
 .nx/cache
-.nx/workspace-data
+.nx/workspace-data
+
+# Build folder
+dist/

docs/devGuide/development/settingUp.md

@@ -41,12 +41,14 @@ We recommend the **WebStorm IDE** or **VS Code** for working with MarkBind code.
 
 1. **Fork and clone** the MarkBind repo.
 
-1. **Bind your cloned version of MarkBind to your console** by navigating to the cloned `packages/cli` folder and running `npm link`
-
 1. **Install dependencies** by running
    <popover content="Under the hood, this calls `npm ci` and `npm prepare`">`npm run setup`</popover>
    in the **root folder** of your cloned repo.
 
+1. **Build the current version of MarkBind** by running `npm run build:backend` in the **root folder** as before
+
+1. **Bind your cloned version of MarkBind to your console** by navigating to the cloned `packages/cli` folder and running `npm link`
+
 1. **Congratulations!** Now you are ready to start modifying MarkBind code.
 
 

docs/devGuide/development/workflow.md

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ The sections below has more information about various stages of submitting a PR.
   **1. Using the docs as a development environment**, with:
   * the <a tags="environment--combined" href="/userGuide/cliCommands.html#serve-command">lazy reload`-o`</a><a tags="environment--dg" href="https://markbind.org/userGuide/cliCommands.html#serve-command">lazy reload`-o`</a> option to speed up page building
   * the `-d` developer option. (see [below](#editing-frontend-features))
+  * the project-bundled `tsx` as a [TypeScript runner](https://nodejs.org/en/learn/typescript/run)
 
     {.mb-3}