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TypeScript logo: JavaScript with types. It compiles to plain JavaScript.
TypeScript logo: JavaScript with types. It compiles to plain JavaScript.

TypeScript

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TypeScript logo: JavaScript with types. It compiles to plain JavaScript.

TypeScript

TypeScript is free. JavaScript with types. It compiles to plain JavaScript.

What is TypeScript?

TypeScript is free. TypeScript checks types before the code runs, then emits JavaScript. React, Next.js, Angular, and Drizzle in this catalog are commonly written in it.

TypeScript is a tool in the Languages category of a tech stack.

Level

Key Features

Static typesCompiles to JavaScriptEditor autocomplete

TypeScript Pros & Cons

Pros of TypeScript

  • Renames and bad arguments show up in the editor

  • You can adopt it file by file in a JavaScript project

  • The types document the shape of data

Cons of TypeScript

  • Build and config are extra moving parts

  • Third-party types are sometimes wrong or missing