Removed typings folder, added .gitignore, updated README.md

imageboard/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+typings/
+
+### WebStorm ###
+# Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio
+
+*.iml
+
+## Directory-based project format:
+.idea/
+# if you remove the above rule, at least ignore the following:
+
+# User-specific stuff:
+# .idea/workspace.xml
+# .idea/tasks.xml
+# .idea/dictionaries
+
+# Sensitive or high-churn files:
+# .idea/dataSources.ids
+# .idea/dataSources.xml
+# .idea/sqlDataSources.xml
+# .idea/dynamic.xml
+# .idea/uiDesigner.xml
+
+# Gradle:
+# .idea/gradle.xml
+# .idea/libraries
+
+# Mongo Explorer plugin:
+# .idea/mongoSettings.xml
+
+## File-based project format:
+*.ipr
+*.iws
+
+## Plugin-specific files:
+
+# IntelliJ
+/out/
+
+# mpeltonen/sbt-idea plugin
+.idea_modules/
+
+# JIRA plugin
+atlassian-ide-plugin.xml
+
+# Crashlytics plugin (for Android Studio and IntelliJ)
+com_crashlytics_export_strings.xml
+crashlytics.properties
+crashlytics-build.properties
+
+
+### Node ###
+# Logs
+logs
+*.log
+npm-debug.log*
+
+# Runtime data
+pids
+*.pid
+*.seed
+
+# Directory for instrumented libs generated by jscoverage/JSCover
+lib-cov
+
+# Coverage directory used by tools like istanbul
+coverage
+
+# Grunt intermediate storage (http://gruntjs.com/creating-plugins#storing-task-files)
+.grunt
+
+# node-waf configuration
+.lock-wscript
+
+# Compiled binary addons (http://nodejs.org/api/addons.html)
+build/Release
+
+# Dependency directory
+# https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/faq#should-i-check-my-node-modules-folder-into-git
+node_modules
+

imageboard/README.md

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 ## Running 
 
-Note: Perform steps 3 - 6 with your working directory set to the folder containing this README:
+Note: Perform steps 3 - 6 with your working directory set to the folder containing this README.md file:
 
 1. Install MongoDB if necessary (see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/installation/ )
 
-2. Run the following command to launch the MongoDB process:
+2. Ensure MongoDB is running, e.g.: by launching it manually:
 `<mongoinstalldir>\bin\mongod`
 
 3. Restore the sample app data to MongoDB in another command prompt with the following command:
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ Note: Perform steps 3 - 6 with your working directory set to the folder containi
 4. Install the app's node dependencies with the following command:
 `npm install`
 
+5. After ensuring that `tsd` is available globally (`npm install -g tsd`), install the typings with the following command:
+`tsd install`
+
 5. Compile the app with the following command:
 `tsc --sourcemap --module commonjs app.ts`