

The first step toward working with TypeScript is to install the package globally on your computer. Step 1 - Installing and Compiling TypeScript

You can review the How to Code in JavaScript series for more information.

In this tutorial you will work with TypeScript in Visual Studio Code to explore the benefits of using them together. So available tooling takes care of compiling your TypeScript to JavaScript for the browser to understand. compiles to plain JavaScript - TypeScript cannot be run by the browser.All valid JavaScript is valid TypeScript, but not the other way around. superset - TypeScript adds some additional features on top of JavaScript.typed - You can define variable, parameter, and return data types.Let’s break down what exactly this means: TypeScript is a typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JavaScript.
