When JavaScript expert Axel Rauschmayer wrote about TypeScript, AtScript, and Flow on his blog, the first comment was: “Hmm, when Facebook, Google, and Microsoft are working together it kinda ...

TypeScript's development was led by Anders Hejlsberg. Hejlsberg has a long history of developing practical, mainstream programming languages; he was the man behind Turbo Pascal, Delphi, and C#.

TypeScript is gaining popularity as a type-safe alternative to JavaScript. Here's how to incrementally transform your JavaScript codebase into strongly typed TypeScript.

TypeScript is exploding, say analysts. ... "There is no doubt that developers with JavaScript skills looking for some type safety in their code are gravitating towards TypeScript," he said.

However, TypeScript comes with many benefits over JavaScript. TS makes code refactoring much easier and also emphasizes more on explicit types allowing the developer to grasp how various ...

It's been 10 years since Microsoft unveiled TypeScript, a programming language that would develop alongside JavaScript but offer new ways for developers to manage large and chaotic applications ...

Peter looks at how to call a JavaScript function from your TypeScript code and do it in a type-safe way. Along the way, he dramatically simplifies a Backbone application by integrating Knockout. I ...

Could JavaScript evolve to support a native type system—without needing TypeScript? A new proposal from the TypeScript team, submitted to ECMAScript’s TC39 committee, suggests exactly that. It ...

The responsibilities are clearly separated: TypeScript = JavaScript + Types! This is a wonderful model. It means that the compiler output is human-readable JavaScript, just like the programmer wrote.

The latest State of JavaScript survey confirms findings from previous editions: Developers like and want static typing for the super-popular programming language. What's more, they're more likely to ...