diff --git a/templates/mern/javascript/server/.prettierrc b/templates/mern/javascript/server/.prettierrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46f2372
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/mern/javascript/server/.prettierrc
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "semi": true,
+  "trailingComma": "es5",
+  "singleQuote": true,
+  "printWidth": 80,
+  "tabWidth": 2,
+  "useTabs": false
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/mern/javascript/server/nodemon.json b/templates/mern/javascript/server/nodemon.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72bd2bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/mern/javascript/server/nodemon.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "watch": ["*.js", "controllers/", "models/", "routes/", "middleware/"],
+  "ext": "js,json",
+  "ignore": ["node_modules/", "tests/"],
+  "delay": "1000"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/mern/javascript/server/package.json b/templates/mern/javascript/server/package.json
index 58c07f2..4246346 100644
--- a/templates/mern/javascript/server/package.json
+++ b/templates/mern/javascript/server/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
   "main": "index.js",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+    "start": "node server.js",
+    "dev": "nodemon server.js",
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
+    "format": "prettier --write .",
+    "format:check": "prettier --check ."
   },
   "keywords": [],
   "author": "",
@@ -17,5 +21,8 @@
     "helmet": "^8.1.0",
     "mongoose": "^8.18.0",
     "morgan": "^1.10.1"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "prettier": "^3.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/templates/mern/typescript/server/.prettierrc b/templates/mern/typescript/server/.prettierrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46f2372
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/mern/typescript/server/.prettierrc
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "semi": true,
+  "trailingComma": "es5",
+  "singleQuote": true,
+  "printWidth": 80,
+  "tabWidth": 2,
+  "useTabs": false
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/mern/typescript/server/nodemon.json b/templates/mern/typescript/server/nodemon.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a5ae7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/mern/typescript/server/nodemon.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "watch": ["*.js", "*.ts", "controllers/", "models/", "routes/", "middleware/"],
+  "ext": "js,ts,json",
+  "ignore": ["node_modules/", "tests/"],
+  "delay": "1000"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/mern/typescript/server/package.json b/templates/mern/typescript/server/package.json
index 58c07f2..3b3de75 100644
--- a/templates/mern/typescript/server/package.json
+++ b/templates/mern/typescript/server/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@
   "main": "index.js",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+    "start": "node dist/server.js",
+    "dev": "nodemon --watch src --ext ts --exec ts-node src/server.ts",
+    "build": "tsc",
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
+    "format": "prettier --write .",
+    "format:check": "prettier --check ."
   },
   "keywords": [],
   "author": "",
@@ -17,5 +22,14 @@
     "helmet": "^8.1.0",
     "mongoose": "^8.18.0",
     "morgan": "^1.10.1"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "prettier": "^3.0.0",
+    "typescript": "^5.0.0",
+    "ts-node": "^10.9.0",
+    "@types/node": "^20.0.0",
+    "@types/express": "^4.17.0",
+    "@types/cors": "^2.8.0",
+    "@types/morgan": "^1.9.0"
   }
 }