I want to write an node.js server using Express and TypeScript, but I also want to auto-restart (or better yet, hot-reload) it during development as I edit and I want to be able to import custom file types.
Webpack can do much of this, but it isn't particularly well-suited for server-side development. node-dev can handle server-restarts but doesn't play particularly nice with TS and custom loaders.
Is there any nice tooling for this particular setup?
Yes, it is. You can use nodemon for live reload from your server.
If you need some help doing that I have a lot of projects to show you how to do that.
You can use pure
expressandnodemonto achieve what you want.