TypeScript Handbook

The code examples and topics in this handbook are gathered from various sources to learn TypeScript in more detail.

Glossary:

• tsc = TypeScript CLI
• TS = TypeScript
• WBAS = will be added soon (as I progress with my learning goals)

What is TypeScript?

From their official website:

TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JavaScript.

This is actually correct. I cannot define all the features it offers without you (yourself) exploring it in depth.

Pros & Cons

These are the first few things comes to my mind when I think about TS.

Pros:

• Type checking
• OOP
• Best of both worlds (front end and back end)
• Can be use with most of the latest JS frameworks/libraries.
• Amazingly superb with growing source code.
• ES6 features? Indeed TS supports all those new features.

Cons:

• A bit of hassle in integration (tho latest tools offer TS integration out of the box).
• Can increase development time if not being used with proper type structuring approach.

When should we use it?

WBAS

I will write my opinion here once I get myself more familiar with the use cases of TS.

Why am I learning it?

I will be honest here, someone asked me how much do you know about TypeScript, and I said enough to work with it (and that was my mistake :) ).

Then he asked me few things related to TS and MAN!! he actually made me realize that I am no where near a person who can utilize this amazing tech and develop super amazing stuff.

The more I explore it, the more I find it fascinating.

Sources:

All the sources (now and in future) will be added here.

https://www.typescriptlang.org/index.html

Willing to contribute?

Superb! You are welcome to send a PR.