TypeScript

Who is this guy?

Dale Alleshouse

@HumpbackFreak

hideoushumpbackfreak.com

github.com/dalealleshouse

What is TypeScript?

• Open Source Language by Microsoft
  • https://github.com/microsoft/typescript
• Super set of JavaScript
  • All valid JavaScript is also valid TypeScript
  • Optional static typing
  • ES6 Transpiler
  • Compiles into JavaScript
• Used by Google for Angular

Why TypeScript?

• Large Scale Application Development
  • Static Typing
  • Structuring Mechanisms
• Tooling
• Free at run time
• ES6 now

What do I Need

• TypeScript Compiler
  • npm install typescript -g
  • Comes with Visual Studio
• Definitely Typed
  • npm install tsd -g
  • Avoid nuget for type definitions
• Editor Plug-ins
  • VS Code
  • Atom
  • Sublime
  • etc...

Demo

More Cool Stuff!

• http://www.typescriptlang.org/
• Inheritance
• Much more ES6
• Async/Await
• Decorators
• Generics
• Mixins
• CommonJS/AMD modules
• Union Types
• Tuples

Thank You!