TypeScript Blueprints

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.