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Compiling TypeScript to JavaScript

Understand how to install TypeScript using npm and verify versions. Explore compiling TypeScript files into JavaScript with the tsc command, including setting up a tsconfig.json file for custom configurations. Practice compiling and running the generated JavaScript in Node.js to grasp the conversion process.

Overview

Compiling TypeScript is very straightforward. First, make sure Node is installed on the local machine. We can verify by quickly checking the version of Node we have installed on our system with the command below:

node -v

Note: We can download Node.js from ...