Compile TypeScript needs to be compiled to run. Makes programming and checking results of TypeScript more time consuming, while JavaScript can be run directly. However, TypeScript can detect some ...

If you know anything about Typescript and JavaScript, you’ll know they’re not competing forces. They have a unique relationship, working hand in hand.

TypeScript is a typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JavaScript (ES3 or higher; it’s configurable). The open source TypeScript command-line compiler can be installed as a Node.js ...

TypeScript is a variation of the popular JavaScript programming language that adds features that are important for enterprise development. In particular, TypeScript is strongly typed—meaning ...

Note that JavaScript still tops that list, though, as it has for years in SO's and other survey series. The new 2022 State of JavaScript survey, however, shows a strong demand for static typing and ...

Microsoft TypeScript: the JavaScript we need, or a solution looking for a problem? New language makes large app development easier, but we've seen it all before.

Developer analyst firm RedMonk last month noted that TypeScript, Microsoft's seven-year-old superset of the world's most popular programming language, JavaScript, is now the 12th most popular ...

Peter looks at how to call a JavaScript function from your TypeScript code and do it in a type-safe way. Along the way, he dramatically simplifies a Backbone application by integrating Knockout.

Microsoft's increasingly popular JavaScript 'superset' has hit the top 10 for the first time in developer analyst RedMonk's influential programming language popularity rankings.