Bootstrapping a Typescript Worker

This post details the process of setting up a Typescript project for Cloudflare Workers. It covers local development setup using Webstorm, npm, and Jest for testing. It also introduces Grunt and the grunt-replace plugin to automate the transpilation of Typescript to Worker-compatible Javascript, including handling preamble comments, removing node-specific dependencies, and addressing `exports.__esModule` issues for the V8 runtime.