tsconfig.json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    /* LANGUAGE COMPILATION OPTIONS */
    "target": "ES2020",
    "lib": ["DOM", "DOM.Iterable", "ES2020"],
    "module": "Node16",
    "moduleResolution": "nodenext",
    "resolveJsonModule": true,

    /* EMIT RULES */
    "noEmit": false,
    "declaration": true,
    "declarationMap": true,
    "sourceMap": false,
    "removeComments": false,

    /* TYPE CHECKING RULES */
    "strict": false,
   
    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
    "noImplicitOverride": true,
    "noImplicitReturns": true,
    "noUnusedLocals": false, // tells the compiler to skip unused variables declared.
    "noUnusedParameters": true,
    "useUnknownInCatchVariables": true,
    "noUncheckedIndexedAccess": true, // TLDR - Checking an indexed value (array[0]) now forces type <T | undefined> as there is no confirmation that index exists

    /* OTHER OPTIONS */
    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
    "esModuleInterop": true,
    // "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
    // "experimentalDecorators": true,
    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
    "skipLibCheck": true,
    "useDefineForClassFields": true,
    "baseUrl": "./",
    "outDir": "./dist"
  },
  "include": ["**/*.ts"]
}