Learn how to use TypeScript with this project-based web development guide, and start delivering even better software.
Key Features
Follow and build every featured projects to put the principles of TypeScript into practice
Learn how to use TypeScript alongside other leading tools such as Angular 2, React, and Node.js
Find out how to migrate your JavaScript codebase to TypeScript
Book Description
TypeScript is the future of JavaScript. Having been designed for the development of large applications, it is now being widely incorporated in cutting-edge projects such as Angular 2. Adopting TypeScript results in more robust software - software that is more scalable and performant. It's scale and performance that lies at the heart of every project that features in this book. The lessons learned throughout this book will arm you with everything you need to build some truly amazing projects. You'll build a complete single page app with Angular 2, create a neat mobile app using NativeScript, and even build a Pac Man game with TypeScript. As if fun wasn't enough, you'll also find out how to migrate your legacy codebase from JavaScript to TypeScript. This book isn't just for developers who want to learn - it's for developers who want to develop. So dive in and get started on these TypeScript projects.
What you will learn
Build quirky and fun projects from scratch
Use TypeScript with a range of different technologies such as Angular 2 and React
Migrate JavaScript codebases to TypeScript to improve your workflow
Write maintainable and reusable code
Using System.JS and Webpack to load scripts and their dependencies.
Developing highly performance server-side applications to run within Node.js
Reviewing high performant Node.js patterns and manage garbage collection
Who this book is for
This is for web developers committed to building better software. It's for web developers that know writing code should be fun - and that fun and creativity are the foundations of better software products.
Table of Contents
TypeScript 2.0 Fundamentals
Weather forecast widget
Note-taking app with server
Real time chat
Native QR scanner app
Advanced Programming inTypeScript
Spreadsheet application with Functional Programming