Modern Full-Stack Development: Using TypeScript, React, Node.js, Webpack, and Docker

© Frank Zammetti 2020

F. ZammettiModern Full-Stack Developmenthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5738-8_5

5. Building a Strong Foundation: TypeScript

Frank Zammetti¹ 

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Pottstown, PA, USA

 

In the previous four chapters, where we looked at Node and React, in both of those, you saw code written in JavaScript. That makes total sense given that Node uses Google’s V8 JavaScript engine to execute code, and React is (most usually at least) used to create browser-based applications, and browsers speak JavaScript (along with HTML and CSS of course).

But there is, at least arguably, a better option, one that overcomes many of the perceived shortcomings of JavaScript and makes for more robust code and easy maintenance of JavaScript-based applications. That option ...