Additionally, compiling TypeScript code requires time and CPU resources compared to a minimal overhead with JS. Sometimes the hassle of using TypeScript doesn’t make sense for the project.

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 ...

Microsoft has launched version 4.0 of its popular TypeScript programming language. The launch has new features focused on improving developer productivity by using TypeScript, enhancing performance ...

JavaScript continues to top the lists of programming languages developers know and use, and TypeScript has also come along for the ride. JavaScript's popularity continues to outpace Java, Python, and ...

One of the main advantages of TypeScript is a growing interest in so-called "strongly typed" languages, a term that refers to data types. C++ and Java are strongly typed languages while JavaScript ...

TypeScript has a syntax that is very similar to JavaScript but adds features, such as optional static typing, that Microsoft programming language guru Anders Hejlsberg says will make it easier for ...

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 ...

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 ...

I have two topics for this month's column. Primarily, I want to show you how to integrate native JavaScript functions into your TypeScript application, and do it in a way that gives you IntelliSense ...

Payment firm Stripe had used a type system called Flow to check for JavaScript errors since 2016. The firm decided to switch to TypeScript, a programming language, after requests from its engineers.