microsoft/TypeScript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output.
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Use Cases & Benefits
- A superset of JavaScript that adds optional static types and compiles to clean, standards-based JavaScript.
- Enables scalable, maintainable codebases with type safety and tooling support for any browser, host, or OS.
- Use for building large-scale web applications requiring robust type checking and improved developer tooling.
- Use for migrating existing JavaScript projects to a typed language incrementally without losing compatibility.
- Use for developing cross-platform JavaScript libraries with enhanced code quality and early error detection.
About TypeScript
TypeScript
TypeScript is a language for application-scale JavaScript. TypeScript adds optional types to JavaScript that support tools for large-scale JavaScript applications for any browser, for any host, on any OS. TypeScript compiles to readable, standards-based JavaScript. Try it out at the playground, and stay up to date via our blog and Twitter account.
Find others who are using TypeScript at our community page.
Installing
For the latest stable version:
npm install -D typescript
For our nightly builds:
npm install -D typescript@next
Contribute
There are many ways to contribute to TypeScript.
- Submit bugs and help us verify fixes as they are checked in.
- Review the source code changes.
- Engage with other TypeScript users and developers on StackOverflow.
- Help each other in the TypeScript Community Discord.
- Join the #typescript discussion on Twitter.
- Contribute bug fixes.
This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact [email protected] with any additional questions or comments.
Documentation
Roadmap
For details on our planned features and future direction, please refer to our roadmap.
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