Bootstrap

We're going TypeScript from the first command. tsx lets us run .ts files without a separate build step while we're teaching.

mkdir club-portal-backend && cd club-portal-backend
npm init -y
npm install express cors dotenv bcrypt jsonwebtoken nodemailer @prisma/client
npm install -D typescript tsx prisma @types/express @types/cors @types/bcrypt @types/jsonwebtoken @types/node nodemon
npx tsc --init

Package	Why we care
express	Speaks HTTP
prisma / `@prisma/client`	Schema + typed queries
bcrypt / jsonwebtoken	Passwords + login tickets
nodemailer	Sends mail
tsx	Runs TypeScript live

Drop these scripts into package.json so the room can follow along:

{
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "tsx watch src/server.ts",
    "start": "tsx src/server.ts",
    "db:push": "prisma db push",
    "db:studio": "prisma studio"
  }
}