Improve express typing and build config (#61)

Author: alexleboucher

@types/express.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import type { RequestUser } from '@/domain/models/request-user';
+
+declare module 'express-serve-static-core' {
+  interface Request {
+    user?: RequestUser | null;
+  }
+}

@types/express/index.d.ts

@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ The project contains Github templates and workflows. If you don't want to keep t
 
 | Name                                          | Description                                   |
 | --------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- |
-| **@types/**                                   | Global types definitions |
+| **@types/**                                   | Types definitions |
 | **build/**                                    | Compiled source files will be placed here |
 | **coverage/**                                 | Jest coverage results will be placed here |
 | **src/**                                      | Source files |

README.md

@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ export class RequestUser {
   id: UserId;
   username: string;
   email: string;
+
   constructor(params: {
-    id: string;
+    id: UserId;
     username: string;
     email: string;
   }) {
-    this.id = params.id as UserId;
+    this.id = params.id;
     this.username = params.username;
     this.email = params.email;
   }

src/domain/models/request-user.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig",
+  "include": ["src/**/*", "@types/**/*"],
   "exclude": ["node_modules", "build", "src/tests/**/*"],
   "compilerOptions": {
     "types": ["node"]

tsconfig.build.json

@@ -27,14 +27,12 @@
     /* Linting */
     "strict": true,
     "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
-    "typeRoots": ["@types", "./node_modules/@types"],  
 
     /* Paths */
     "paths": {
       "@/*": ["./src/*"]
+    },
   },
-  },
-  "include": ["src/**/*", "src/tests/**/*"],
-  "exclude": ["node_modules", "build"],
-  "files": ["@types/express/index.d.ts"]
+  "include": ["src/**/*", "src/tests/**/*", "@types/**/*"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "build"]
 }