Getting Started with TypeScript

By Brice Wilson
TypeScript is a powerful, fun, and popular programming language used for building browser and NodeJS applications. This course will teach you all of the most important features of TypeScript, and quickly make you productive with the language.
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(207)
Level
Beginner
Updated
May 18, 2017
Duration
3h 8m
Table of contents
Course Overview
Course Overview 1m
Installing TypeScript and Configuring a Project
Introduction 1m Course Overview 1m Demo: Installing TypeScript and Running the Compiler 9m Using Project Files 3m Demo: Configuring Compiler Options in tsconfig.json 7m Demo: Configuration Inheritance and Glob Support in tsconfig.json 4m Demo: Compiling with a Visual Studio Code Build Task 3m Summary 1m
Taking Advantage of Built-in Types
Introduction and Overview 1m Basic Types and Variable Declarations 3m Type Annotations and Type Inference 2m Demo: Using let and const with Type Annotations 5m Additional Built-in Types 2m Union Types and the --strictNullChecks Compiler Option 3m Type Assertions 2m Demo: Writing Better Code with the --strictNullChecks Option 8m Demo: Understanding Control Flow-based Type Analysis 3m Summary 2m
Writing Better Functions with TypeScript
Introduction and Overview 1m Adding Type Annotations to Functions 3m Using the --noImplicitAny Compiler Option 1m Default-initialized Parameters 1m Demo: Adding Type Annotations and Default Parameter Values 10m Anatomy of an Arrow Function 5m Demo: Converting a Traditional Function to an Arrow Function 3m Demo: Taking Advantage of Function Types 3m Summary 1m
Creating and Using Custom Types
Introduction and Overview 1m Interfaces vs. Classes 4m Creating an Interface 2m TypeScript's Structural Type System 2m Demo: Creating Interfaces 5m Class Members 4m Extending Classes and Implementing Interfaces 2m Demo: Creating Classes 4m Demo: Configuring a Project with Multiple Source Files 8m Static Members 2m Constructors 3m Demo: Refactoring the Demo App with Classes 8m Summary 1m
Creating and Consuming Modules
Introduction and Overview 1m Why Use Modules? 1m Supporting Technologies 2m Exporting and Importing 6m Demo: Converting the Demo App to Use Modules 7m Relative vs. Non-relative Imports 2m Module Resolution Strategies 2m Module Resolution Examples 5m Demo: Configuring Module Resolution 8m Demo: Configuring a Module Loader 4m Summary 1m
Being More Productive with Type Declaration Files
Introduction and Overview 1m What Are Type Declaration Files? 2m DefinitelyTyped 1m Installing Type Declaration Files 1m Demo: Installing and Using a Type Declaration File 6m Summary 2m
Description
Course info
Rating
(207)
Level
Beginner
Updated
May 18, 2017
Duration
3h 8m
Description

Creating great web applications requires great JavaScript code. TypeScript helps you create great JavaScript code. In this course, Getting Started with TypeScript, you'll learn how to create browser applications faster and with fewer errors using a powerful and fun programming language. First, you'll learn how to configure TypeScript projects. Next, you'll explore how to create and use your own types. Finally, you'll discover how to get strong typing support for just about any JavaScript library you can imagine. When you're finished with this course, you'll have a foundational understanding of TypeScript's most important features, as well as the skills you need to begin building client-side web applications and NodeJS applications with TypeScript.

About the author
Brice Wilson
About the author

Brice has been a professional developer for over 20 years and loves to experiment with new tools and technologies. Web development and native iOS apps currently occupy most of his time.

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Course Overview
Hey everybody. My name is Brice Wilson and welcome to my course, Getting Started with Typescript. I'm a server and client-side web developer. Typescript's popularity is exploding and for lots of good reasons. It's a super set of JavaScript that helps you write better code faster and it compiles to JavaScript that will run in Node. js or any modern web browser. In this course, we are going to cover all of the basic typescript topics to quickly make you productive with the language. Some of the major topics that we will cover include; Configuring a TypeScript project, using types with functions, Classes and interfaces, modules, and type declaration files. By the end of this course, you'll know how to use all of the most important features of the language and be ready to begin your first TypeScript project. Before beginning this course, You should be familiar in the basics in JavaScript, but you certainly don't need to be an expert. I'll hope you'll join me on this journey to learn TypeScript with the Getting Started with Typescript course at Pluralsight.

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