Chapter 3: An Introduction to TypeScript: Static Typing for the Web
by Byron Houwens
TypeScript is one of many attempts at creating a better experience with JavaScript.
“Oh, I’m using Gulp because of reason A” or “Oh, I’m using Redux because of reason B”. You hear these sorts of things from front-end developers all the time. It’s become fashionable to use new ways of improving on JavaScript’s old faults, and that’s not a bad thing. Even ES2015 and the updates that have followed have been pretty determined attempts at righting those wrongs.
TypeScript is a promising change to our favorite language that may be having a significant impact on JavaScript’s future.
What Exactly is TypeScript?
TypeScript is a strongly-typed superset of JavaScript, ...
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