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 ...

The most widely used ES standards with JavaScript are ES5 and ES6. What is TypeScript? TypeScript (TS) is a JavaScript superset that serves the same goal as JavaScript.

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 ...

Being backed by a tech giant also boosts TypeScript's steady rise. (Microsoft has released a number of programming languages, most notably C#, which clocks in at number five on RedMonk’s ...

In addition to the new TypeScript language and compiler, Microsoft also plans to make available a TypeScript for Visual Studio 2012 plug-in, providing JavaScript developers with Visual Studio ...

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 ...

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 ...

There are a number of tools to help in large-scale JavaScript development, such as CoffeeScript and Falcon.js, but Adobe preferred TypeScript because it could be run from within Visual Studio.

TypeScript was created for a specific reason, he writes: "getting JavaScript development to scale." TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that adds mature language features like "type checking and ...

JavaScript, TypeScript and component-oriented front-end web app development skills are in demand in 2017, according to Burke Holland, Progress developer advocate. Most new front-end development will ...