- Strongly typed programming language that build on JavaScript.
- Statically-typed superset of JavaScript: Includes JavaScript and adds additional features to JavaScript.
- Statically typed means variables, parameters and functions are associated with their types at compile time. Type checking is performed during compiled time before the execution of the code.
- Created by Microsoft. First released in October 2012.
Anders Hejlsberg
- Development of TypeScript was led by Anders Hejlsberg who is also known for his work on c#, Turbo Pascal and Delphi.
- Additional features includes static typing, interfaces, classes, etc.
- Developer can specify types for variables, function parameters and return types. Which enables compiler to catch type-related errors at compile-time.
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