brew install nvm
# do additional setup for nvm

# install specific version of Node.js
nvm install v16.15.1
nvm install v12.13.0

# show list of Node.js version
nvm ls

# use specific version of Node.js
nvm use 12.13.1
nvm use 16.15.1

# create folder, npm init by default setting 
mkdir sample_project && cd "$_" && npm init --y

# install required basic package for development
npm i -D typescript @types/node ts-node-dev 

npx tsc --init

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "es2016",
    "module": "commonjs",
    "rootDir": "./src",
    "outDir": "./dist",
    "esModuleInterop": true,
    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
    "strict": true,
    "skipLibCheck": true
  }
}

 "scripts": {
    "dev": "ts-node-dev src/index.ts",
    "build": "tsc",
    "start": "node dist/index.js"
  }