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Learning TypeScript, Part One: What Is TypeScript and Why Should I Care?

Michael Caveney on July 02, 2019

I'm currently refreshing my TypeScript knowledge and learning how to comprehensively apply it to React, so you all get to learn along with me! Toda...
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Brian Barbour

I haven't used Typescript, but if I were to ever use it, it would be for one other HUGE advantage--the fact that it transpiles down to ES5 Javascript for you. Kind of an alternative to running Babel, from what I understand.

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Michael Caveney

This is a very good point! Babel is definitely one of the major dependencies of TypeScript!