# Building

Since aevum is written in TypeScript, you have to compile it to JavaScript using the TypeScript CLI.

To set everything up, you should use a package-manager like yarn or npm and install the required dev-dependencies.

yarn install
npm install

This will install TypeScript and some other stuff for you. You can then use the project settings to build aevum yourself:

yarn build
npm run build

This will compile aevum as a CommonJS-Module into the dist directory. To customize the build-process, either call the TypeScript CLI own your own or edit the build-script in the package.json file for a more permanent solution.

For a full documentation of the TypeScript settings, please see the TypeScript Documentation.