TypeScript Essentials: Getting Started Overview/Description Target Audience Prerequisites Expected Duration Lesson Objectives Course Number Expertise Level Overview/Description
TypeScript can be developed in any one of a number of IDEs, but Visual Studio 2013 has been developed with a number of features explicitly targeted at TypeScript development. This course covers Visual Studio TypeScript functionality. It also covers Types in TypeScript, and objects including functions and classes, and debugging TypeScript. Finally, it covers working with internal and custom TypeScript modules.
Target Audience
JavaScript developers looking to gain familiarity with TypeScript
Prerequisites
None
Expected Duration (hours)
2.0
Lesson Objectives TypeScript Essentials: Getting Started
start the course
set up a development environment for TypeScript in Microsoft Visual Studio 2013
set up Visual Studio 2013 to display a split view of a TypeScript file with its corresponding JavaScript output
use the Node.js package manager to install a TypeScript compiler and use it to compile a TypeScript file from the command-line
customize TypeScript development environment in Visual Studio 2013
describe the difference between type inferences and type annotations in TypeScript and the pitfalls of not correctly typing the variables
apply types to a functions input and output variables in TypeScript
describe the "any" type in TypeScript
differentiate between the null and undefined values in TypeScript
work with string arrays in TypeScript
obtain a TypeScript definition file, include it in a project, and add a reference to it in a TypeScript HTML application in Visual Studio 2013
use TypeScript with Visual Studio 2013 to perform compile-time debugging
set up breakpoint in TypeScript code and carry out single-step debugging
define a TypeScript function with required and optional input parameters in Microsoft Visual Studio 2013
use an arrow function to specify a TypeScript function's return value in Microsoft Visual Studio 2013
declare a custom object that contains several properties and a member function
define an interface in TypeScript and use it to create a new custom object
create a class in TypeScript using Visual Studio 2013
use the extends keyword to implement class inheritance in TypeScript
implement an interface for multiple classes in TypeScript
extend an interface in TypeScript to pass a single data object in the call to the base constructor
export interfaces and classes from internal modules to make them externally accessible
extend an internal named module within the same file in TypeScript
create and access a nested module in a TypeScript
extend an internal module across two different TypeScript files in the same TypeScript project
Course Number: sl_tpsc_a01_it_enus
Expertise Level
Beginner