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TypeScript is a free and open source programming language developed and maintained by Microsoft.

It is a strict superset of JavaScript, and adds optional static typing and class-based object-oriented programming to the language.

Description

TypeScript may be used to develop JavaScript applications for client-side or server-side (Node.js) execution.

TypeScript is designed for development of large applications and transcompiles to JavaScript. As TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript, any existing JavaScript programs are also valid TypeScript programs.

TypeScript supports definition files that can contain type information of existing JavaScript libraries, much like C/C++ header files can describe the structure of existing object files. This enables other programs to use the values defined in the files as if they were statically typed TypeScript entities.

There are third-party header files for popular libraries like jQuery, MongoDB, and D3.js. TypeScript headers for the Node.js basic modules are also available, allowing development of Node.js programs within TypeScript.

The TypeScript compiler is itself written in TypeScript, transcompiled to JavaScript and licensed under the Apache 2 License.

Anders Hejlsberg, lead architect of C# and creator of Delphi and Turbo Pascal, has worked on the development of TypeScript.

TypeScript is included as a first-class programming language in Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 and later, beside C# and other Microsoft languages.

An official extension allows Visual Studio 2012 to support TypeScript as well.

See also

• Closure Compiler
• CoffeeScript
• Dart
• ECMAScript
• JavaScript

External links

• Official website
• TypeScript @ Wikipedia.org
• TypeScript Do's and Don'ts