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Modern and applicative JavaScript - Part 2

Basics of TypeScript

July 12, 2019 | Aptitude Software's office


This was a second part of workshops I hosted where we worked on implementing "Splitter" web application together.

I took this opportunity to introduce TypeScript and talk about why it can make our lives easier. Then we migrated our existing REST API implementation to TypeScript as a part of the step-by-step live coding session.


Outline

  • A little background on TypeScript
  • TypeScript and its role of a superset
  • How does it work behind a scenes
  • TypeScript-specific features
  • Benefits and flaws of adopting TS
  • 👨‍💻 CODING TIME 👨‍💻
  • Alternative for express.js + TypeScript

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