Typescript, an introduction

Typescript lets you write JavaScript the way you really want to

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1. “... lets you write JavaScript the way you really want to” Martin W. Kirst 03/2016 @MeteoGroup
2. Programming Languages… Should support solving a problem Are read by humans Should be expressive to be understandable Are translated by compiler to run on machines Serve a purpose/need … Photo by Crew on Unsplash
4. Typescript • First release: 2012 • Developer: Microsoft • License: Apache 2.0 • Properties: 
 functional, imperative, object oriented, (prototypes and classes), optional static typing, duck-typing • Includes all syntactic sugar of ECMAScript 6 (‘2015)
6. Optional type system Class based inheritance Sophisticated speci fi cation Awesome tooling … (many other languages fail on that points) Why TS took my Attention? Photo by Alex Motoc on Unsplash
7. Demo-Time • Types • Classes • Inheritance • Ambient declarations • Modules • … http://www.typescriptlang.org/Playground
8. Demo Time – Part 2 Photo by Surface on Unsplash
9. Typescript & Tools • Grunt • IntelliJ • Visual Studio Code • De fi nitelyTyped.org • …
10. Thank you!