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The Basic TypeScript Type System

Understand the core elements of TypeScript's type system by exploring primitive types, enums, union and alias types, optional chaining, and function signatures. Learn when and how to apply these types and language features to improve code safety and clarity.

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Chapter overview

Let’s explore all the primitive types that are available, as well as some language elements that we can use to better describe how to use these types. We will discuss when and where to use these types and language elements and even when not to use some types.

This chapter covers a series of important concepts related to the type system present in TypeScript.

We will first explore the any ...