TypeScript Introduction

A brief talk given to the OKC .NET Developers Group about TypeScript

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1. TypeScript Michael Sarchet @msarchet michaelsarhcet.com A brief introduction
2. What is TypeScript TypeScript is a Super Set of JavaScript It borrows strongly from ECMAScript 6 for it's OO It relies heavily on interfaces and static typing to provide compile time error checking Completely Open Source
3. What do you get - 2 class Student { fullname : string; constructor(public firstname, public middleinitial, public lastname) { this.fullname = firstname + " " + middleinitial + " " + lastname; } } interface Person { firstname: string; lastname: string; } function greeter(person : Person) { return "Hello, " + person.firstname + " " + person.lastname; } var user = new Student("Jane", "M.", "User"); document.body.innerHTML = greeter(user);
4. How do you get it Visual Studio Extension npm install -g typescript
5. Examples Simple TodoMVC
6. Resources http://typescriptlang.org http://blogs.msdn.com/b/typescript
7. Thoughts Still under heavy development Still need to understand JavaScript Has a lot of potential Very fun to watch