Add the Initial Scripts

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Add the Initial Scripts Add the Initial Scripts Add the Initial Scripts

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  1. Inside the folder src\client add a new file called client.ts and add this script below.
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const scene: THREE.Scene = new THREE.Scene()

const camera: THREE.PerspectiveCamera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(75, window.innerWidth / window.innerHeight, 0.1, 1000)

const renderer: THREE.WebGLRenderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer()
renderer.setSize(window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight)
document.body.appendChild(renderer.domElement)

const geometry: THREE.BoxGeometry = new THREE.BoxGeometry()
const material: THREE.MeshBasicMaterial = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({ color: 0x00ff00, wireframe: true })

const cube: THREE.Mesh = new THREE.Mesh(geometry, material)
scene.add(cube)

camera.position.z = 2

var animate = function () {
    requestAnimationFrame(animate)

    cube.rotation.x += 0.01;
    cube.rotation.y += 0.01;

    renderer.render(scene, camera)
};

animate();
  1. Also inside the folder src\client add a new file called tsconfig.json and add this script below.
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{
    "compilerOptions": {
        "target": "ES6",
        "module": "ES6",
        "outDir": "../../dist/client",
        "moduleResolution": "node"
    },
    "include": [
        "**/*.ts"
    ]
}
  1. Inside the folder src\server add a new file called server.ts and add this script below.
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const port: number = 3000

class App {
    private server: http.Server
    private port: number

    constructor(port: number) {
        this.port = port
        const app = express()
        app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, '../client')))

        this.server = new http.Server(app);
    }

    public Start() {
        this.server.listen(this.port, () => {
            console.log( `Server listening on port ${this.port}.` )
        })
    }
}

new App(port).Start()
  1. Also inside the folder src\server add a new file called tsconfig.json and add this script below.
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{
    "compilerOptions": {
        "target": "ES2019",
        "module": "commonjs",
        "outDir": "../../dist/server",
        "sourceMap": true,
        "esModuleInterop": true
    },
    "include": [
        "**/*.ts"
    ]
}

Your folder structure and files should now resemble, 

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|-- Three.js-TypeScript-Tutorial
    |-- dist
        |-- client
            |-- index.html
        |-- server
    |-- node_modules
        |-- three
            |-- (Several extra files and folders containing the Three.js source code)
    |-- src
        |-- client
            |-- client.ts
            |-- tsconfig.json
        |-- server
            |-- server.ts
            |-- tsconfig.json
    |-- package.json
    |-- package-lock.json