Project Setup | Effect Foundation

Follow the steps below to create a Node.js project:

Creating a Project

Create a new directory and initialize a Node.js project:

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mkdir effect-config
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cd effect-config
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pnpm init

Installing Dependencies

Run the following command to install the required packages:

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pnpm add effect@4.0.0-beta.50
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pnpm add -D typescript tsx @types/node

Configuring the Project

Add "type": "module" to your package.json to enable ES modules:

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{
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  "name": "effect-config",
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  "version": "1.0.0",
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  "description": "",
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  "main": "index.js",
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  "scripts": {
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    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
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  },
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  "keywords": [],
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  "author": "",
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  "license": "ISC",
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  "type": "module",
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  "packageManager": "pnpm@10.28.0",
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  "dependencies": {
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    "effect": "4.0.0-beta.50"
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  },
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  "devDependencies": {
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    "@types/node": "^25.6.0",
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    "tsx": "^4.21.0",
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    "typescript": "^6.0.3"
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  }
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}

Create a tsconfig.json in the project root:

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{
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  "compilerOptions": {
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    "target": "ES2022",
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    "module": "nodenext",
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    "moduleResolution": "nodenext",
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    "strict": true,
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    "skipLibCheck": true,
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    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
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    "outDir": "./dist"
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  },
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  "include": ["*.ts"]
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}

Creating a TypeScript File

Create a file named config.ts in the project root. This is the file where we’ll write all of our code.

Running TypeScript Files

To run a file, use the command npx tsx followed by the file name:

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npx tsx config.ts

Creating a Project

Installing Dependencies

Configuring the Project

Creating a TypeScript File

Running TypeScript Files

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