title: Procedure for moving a NodeJS project to TypeScript
body: <p>It seems that just installing it and then changing file extensions to <code>.ts</code> is not enough to effectively move to TypeScript with a NodeJS project. I get about 400 errors that seem to stem mostly from module resolution issues (but not only).</p>
  
  <p>There are a couple of guides covering this topic, but they do not seem to help, maybe because they are one year old at best. Therefor, I want to ask for recent advice.</p>
  
  <p><strong>What steps do I need to take to transition a NodeJS project to Typescript?</strong></p>