TypeScript
AKA ts
Summary
A strict syntactical superset of JavaScript that adds static typing, designed to develop large applications and transpiles to JavaScript.
Paradigms
imperative, object-oriented, functional, prototype-based, generic, event-driven
Domains
web development, server-side applications, desktop applications
Key Features
string interpolation, destructuring, modules, iterators/generators, lambdas, decorators/annotations, type inference, generics, async/await
Typing
gradual system, structural typing, strong typing, partial inference, compile-time checking, moderate type coercion, optional type annotations
Compilation
transpiled
Influenced By
JavaScript, C#, Java, Scala, Haskell, CoffeeScript
Ratings
File extensions
ts, cts, mts
External Links
| Status | active |
| Type | programming |
| Created | 2012 |
| Designed by |
Anders Hejlsberg Microsoft |
| Developed by | Microsoft |
| PyPL Index | #9 |
| TIOBE Index | #37 |
| GitHub rank | #5 |