chore: Set up development environment

Add the civet and typescript compilers, implement a build step,
  provide examples of using from es6, script, and command line.
  Of course, there is no actual behavior produced; convert always produces
  'foo' at the moment.

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# Object files
+build
+dist
+
+# Editor backups
+*~
+
 # ---> Node
 # Logs
 logs