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TypeScript: State of the Union

October 2 2018, 9:30 - 10:15am Room: Salon AB

JavaScript
Libraries
Work Better

Overview

TypeScript has come such a long way in the last few years, and in this talk Microsoft MVP for TypeScript – James will walk you through the latest and greatest that the tool has to offer. You may well have seen and dismissed TypeScript a couple of years ago as being too difficult to get started with, or simply too different from the JavaScript you know and love. Oh, does James have some surprises for you!

Objective

To clearly show how easy it is to get started with TypeScript and how it helps you write the best JavaScript you can!

Target Audience

JavaScript developers looking to write high quality code

Assumed Audience Knowledge

Intermediate JavaScript

Level

Intermediate

Five Things Audience Members Will Learn

  1. How to start a TypeScript project from scratch
  2. How to add TypeScript to an existing JavaScript project
  3. How TypeScript protects you against breaking your users’ runtime experience
  4. Some of the hottest new features of TypeScript you might not know about
  5. Where to go to continue the journey of learning more about it