There is a task that will automatically setup your environment to use typescript.
To run it, you just need to go to:
> Terminal->Run Task...->Show All Tasks...->npm: install
After running this task, your environment will be ready to start coding.
DO NOT remove the node_modules folder, this is an auto generated directory that has the required dependencies to be able to use typescript and more.
## **IMPORTANT:**
Before starting to work on your mod, we suggest you read about Dependency Injection and Inversion of Control as this is the adopted architecture SPT-AKI has adopted.
It will be difficult to understand some of the problems you may be having if you dont understand the basics of it.
A guide explaining all the essentials will be available on the hub on release for you to read about.
## **Coding:**
All your work should be centered around the mod.ts file as an entry point.
You can ONLY change the following properties from the package.json file: `"name"`, `"version"`, `"license"`: `"MIT"`, `"author"`, `"akiVersion"`.
If you have never used typescript before, you can read about it here: https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/
## **Distributing your mod:**
The project has been set up with an automatic task that will copy and zip ALL required files for your mod to work on SPT-AKI.
To run this task you just need to go to:
> Terminal->Run Task...->Show All Tasks...->npm: build:zip
The output will be a mod.zip file that will appear on the root of the project.
Always verify that all files were included into the zip file.
