feat(aws-cdk): use ts-node for TypeScript templates (#2527)

Update sample-app with ts-node in a backwards compatible way (`npm run build` still compiles the code). Closes #1532
aws · May 14, 2019 · 4f7b48d · 4f7b48d
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diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/app/typescript/cdk.template.json b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/app/typescript/cdk.template.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "app": "node bin/%name%.js"
+  "app": "./node_modules/.bin/ts-node bin/%name%.ts"
 }
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/app/typescript/package.template.json b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/app/typescript/package.template.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/node": "8.10.45",
     "typescript": "^3.3.3333",
+    "ts-node": "^8.1.0",
     "aws-cdk": "^%cdk-version%"
   },
   "dependencies": {

diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/sample-app/typescript/cdk.template.json b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/sample-app/typescript/cdk.template.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "app": "node bin/%name%.js"
+  "app": "./node_modules/.bin/ts-node bin/%name%.ts"
 }
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/sample-app/typescript/package.template.json b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/sample-app/typescript/package.template.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/node": "8.10.45",
     "typescript": "^3.3.3333",
+    "ts-node": "^8.1.0",
     "aws-cdk": "^%cdk-version%"
   },
   "dependencies": {