Summary of TypeScript - The Basics

00:00:00 - 00:10:00

TypeScript is a programming language that is similar to other languages, such as Python. It allows you to define types for your variables and arrays, and it can also generically define function arguments. TypeScript also has a powerful object-oriented feature, which is not covered in this video.

• 00:00:00 In this video, the basics of TypeScript are discussed. TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript, so any valid JavaScript is valid in TypeScript. TypeScript can compile to ES3, which doesn't have support for async await, but it will transpile to a more modern JavaScript if you set the target to es. TypeScript also has a ton of options that you can pass to the compiler to customize its behavior. Finally, a third-party library, lodash, is installed and used in the video.
• 00:05:00 TypeScript is a typed language that allows developers to write code that is type-checked and error-free. In this video, the basics of TypeScript are explained, including how the compiler works and how to strongly type variables and functions.
• 00:10:00 In this video, the basics of TypeScript are discussed. TypeScript is a programming language that is similar to other languages, such as Python. It allows you to define types for your variables and arrays, and it can also generically define function arguments. TypeScript also has a powerful object-oriented feature, which is not covered in this video.