Understanding TypeScript
Explore what TypeScript is and how it improves React development by adding a flexible type system, enabling easier code maintenance, better navigation, and safer refactoring. Understand why TypeScript is popular and how it supports scalable JavaScript applications.
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What is TypeScript? #
TypeScript is built and maintained by Microsoft. Microsoft’s tagline for TypeScript is “JavaScript that scales,” as it helps you write large JavaScript based programs.
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript which means that any feature in JavaScript is available in TypeScript. TypeScript adds a powerful type system to the JavaScript we already know and love that enables code editors to provide code refactoring and navigation features along with type checking.
TypeScript doesn’t directly execute in ...