Summary
In this chapter, we have had a look at third-party JavaScript libraries and how they can be used within a TypeScript application. We started by looking at the various ways of including community-released versions of TypeScript declaration files within our projects by using package managers such as NuGet and npm. We then looked at three types of third-party libraries, and discussed how to integrate these libraries with TypeScript. We explored Backbone, which can be categorized as a highly compliant third-party library; Angular 1, which is a partially compliant library; and ExtJS, which is a minimally compliant library. We saw how various features of the TypeScript language can co-exist with these libraries, and showed what TypeScript ...
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