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-typescript-graphql-server-template
+# Template for Express Graphql servers
+
+This repository can be used as a template to create a graphql webservice with nodejs and express.
+
+## Install
+
+Just clone the repository and run `npm i`.
+
+## Build
+
+To build the project and run it, type `gulp` (if gulp was not found, install it with `npm i -g gulp`). To run it you would run `node ./dist` which executes the generated `index.js` file in the dist directory.