Why You Should Learn TypeScript Over JavaScript?
It’s strictly better.
Historically, JavaScript has ended up as the main language for scripting web pages and apps on the Internet. In addition, it is now possible to use JavaScript on both the frontend and the backend with frameworks like Node.js and Deno.
But was JavaScript made for creating large, complex systems like the ones on the modern web? Hardly.
Thankfully, there is a solution — TypeScript.
TypeScript has been increasing in its popularity for the last couple of years. It is mentioned among the five most promising languages in 2020. Angular, one of the largest frontend frameworks, is using TypeScript. About 60% of JS programmers already use TypeScript, and 22% wish to try.
In this article, we will introduce you to TypeScript and get you started towards the path of adding types to your JavaScript code.
Here are some of the points we will cover:
- What is TypeScript?
- What are types, and how do they work in TS?
- JavaScript vs. TypeScript: which one to choose?
- How to get started with TypeScript.
- Further resources for studying TypeScript.
