tsconfig.json

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "es5", // Specify ECMAScript target version
    "lib": [
      "dom",
      "dom.iterable",
      "esnext"
    ], // List of library files to be included in the compilation
    "allowJs": true, // Allow JavaScript files to be compiled
    "skipLibCheck": true, // Skip type checking of all declaration files
    "esModuleInterop": true, // Disables namespace imports (import * as fs from "fs") and enables CJS/AMD/UMD style imports (import fs from "fs")
    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true, // Allow default imports from modules with no default export
    "strict": true, // Enable all strict type checking options
    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true, // Disallow inconsistently-cased references to the same file.
    "module": "esnext", // Specify module code generation
    "moduleResolution": "node", // Resolve modules using Node.js style
    "isolatedModules": true, // Unconditionally emit imports for unresolved files
    "resolveJsonModule": true, // Include modules imported with .json extension
    "noEmit": true, // Do not emit output (meaning do not compile code, only perform type checking)
    "jsx": "preserve", // Support JSX in .tsx files
    "sourceMap": true, // Generate corrresponding .map file
    "declaration": true, // Generate corresponding .d.ts file
    "noUnusedLocals": true, // Report errors on unused locals
    "noUnusedParameters": true, // Report errors on unused parameters
    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true, // Report errors for fallthrough cases in switch statement
    "rootDir": ".",
    "baseUrl": ".",
    "paths": { //alias pathing for absolute paths
      "@src/*": ["src/*"],
      "@pages/*": ["pages/*"],
      "@styles/*": ["styles/*"]
    },
    "experimentalDecorators": true, /* Enables experimental support for ES7 decorators. */
    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true, /* Enables experimental support for emitting type metadata for decorators. */
  },
  "include": [
    "next-env.d.ts", "pages/**/*", "src/**/*", "styles/**/*" // *** The files TypeScript should type check ***
  ],
  "exclude": ["node_modules", "coverage"] // *** The files to not type check ***
}