loading port from config file

.gitignore

@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 .idea
 node_modules
 dist
+src/config.json

src/app.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Socket } from "socket.io";
 import { Player } from "./player";
 import { PlayerList } from "./playerList";
 import { MapTile } from "./mapTile";
+import * as config from './config.json';
 
 const app: express.Application = express();
 
@@ -278,6 +279,6 @@ io.on("connect", (socket: Socket) => {
 // 	});
 // });
 
-server.listen(3000, () => {
-  console.log("listening on *:3000");
+server.listen(config.port || 3000, () => {
+  console.log("listening on *:" + (config.port || 3000));
 });

src/config.json

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "port": 3000
+}

tsconfig.json

@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
 	  // "typeRoots": [],                       /* List of folders to include type definitions from. */
 	  // "types": [],                           /* Type declaration files to be included in compilation. */
 	  "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,  /* Allow default imports from modules with no default export. This does not affect code emit, just typechecking. */
-	  "esModuleInterop": true                   /* Enables emit interoperability between CommonJS and ES Modules via creation of namespace objects for all imports. Implies 'allowSyntheticDefaultImports'. */
+	  "esModuleInterop": true,                   /* Enables emit interoperability between CommonJS and ES Modules via creation of namespace objects for all imports. Implies 'allowSyntheticDefaultImports'. */
+	  "resolveJsonModule": true
 	  // "preserveSymlinks": true,              /* Do not resolve the real path of symlinks. */
 	  // "allowUmdGlobalAccess": true,          /* Allow accessing UMD globals from modules. */