Pro TypeScript

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvii

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2. TypeScript Language Features

   • Steve Fenton

   Pages 1-62

3. Code Organization

   • Steve Fenton

   Pages 63-82

4. The Type System

   • Steve Fenton

   Pages 83-97

5. Object Orientation in TypeScript

   • Steve Fenton

   Pages 99-127

6. Understanding the Runtime

   • Steve Fenton

   Pages 129-157

7. Running TypeScript in a Browser

   • Steve Fenton

   Pages 159-193

8. Running TypeScript on a Server

   • Steve Fenton

   Pages 195-216

9. Exceptions, Memory, and Performance

   • Steve Fenton

   Pages 217-232

10. Using JavaScript Libraries

    • Steve Fenton

    Pages 233-243

11. Automated Testing

    • Steve Fenton

    Pages 245-256

12. Back Matter

    Pages 257-287

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Explore the features of this innovative open source language in depth, from working with the type system through object-orientation to understanding the runtime and the TypeScript compiler. This fully revised and updated second edition of Steve Fenton’s popular book covers everything you need to discover this fascinating language and transform your experience of JavaScript development.

What’s New in This Edition

• Coverage of major changes to modules, namespaces, and module loading
  
• New guidance on how to use inference to reduce the effort of using TypeScript
  
• Recommendations on compiler options
  
• A wide range of feature updates from intersections and tuples to async/await and the new approach to mixins

What You’ll Learn

• Understand the TypeScript type system, and how to use it effectively
  
• Apply object-oriented design using TypeScript
  
• Use modules effectively to manage large programs
  
• Integrate existing frameworks and libraries into your TypeScript program

Who This Book Is For

Web developers looking for a modern approach to JavaScript development

• JavaScript
• scaling
• enterprise
• open source
• Angular
• jQuery
• cross-platform

• Basingstoke, United Kingdom

  Steve Fenton

Steve Fenton is a Microsoft MVP for Visual Studio and Development Technologies. He has been sharing his passion for TypeScript since October 2012, presenting at developer meet-ups, running training sessions, and answering questions on Stack Overflow. He has worked on large-scale JavaScript applications for over 14 years, and with TypeScript for over five years. In his spare time, he writes unit-testing frameworks, behavior-driven development frameworks, and web crawlers. He lives in Basingstoke, United Kingdom with his wife Rebecca and daughter Lily, and enjoys studying psychology and philosophy.

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