What is Typescript ?
TypeScript is a free and open-source programming language created by Anders Hejlsberg, the creator of Turbo Pascal, Delphi, C#, and maintained by Microsoft.
TypeScript isn’t a completely new language, it’s a superset of ES6. If we write ES6 code, it’s perfectly valid and compilable TypeScript code. Here’s a diagram that shows the relationship between the languages:
What is ES5? What is ES6? ES5 is short for “ECMAScript 5”, otherwise known as “regular Javascript”. ES5 is the normal Javascript. It runs in more-or-less every browser. ES6 is the next version of Javascript.
Also, we can mention that TypeScript is an official collaboration between Microsoft and Google
It's worth learning ?
With two tech heavyweights ( Microsoft and Google) behind it we know that it will be supported for a long time. Both groups are committed to moving the web forward and as developers we win because of it.
Also Angular2 is built in TypeScript and there are a lot of reasons to use TypeScript instead of plain Javascript
How do you think ? it's worth learning ?
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See also** Angular4 ? Where’s the version 3 ? why the hurry ?**
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