NodeJS TypeScript Setup (#1)

* bot can login to discord

* changed node and npm to iron lts

* added typescript runnables

* more dev scripts

* readme update on scripts

* event handling skeleton

* fixed compiler target issue

src/utils/env.ts

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+import { resolve } from "path"
+import { config } from "dotenv"
+
+// Find config - ONLY WORKS WITH NODEMON
+const envFile = process.env.NODE_ENV === "development" ? ".dev.env" : ".env"
+
+// resolve config file
+const envFilePath = resolve(process.cwd(), envFile)
+
+// set current environment variable file
+config({ path: envFilePath })
+
+// Getter for environment variables
+export function getEnvVar(name: string, fallback?: string): string {
+    const value = process.env[name] ?? fallback
+    if (value == undefined)
+        throw new Error(`Environment variable ${name} is not set.`)
+
+    // return env variable
+    return value
+}