Objectives

Get a good introduction to TypeScript

Syntax

Semantics

Usage

Summary

TypeScript is a "cleaned-up" ECMAScript

Syntax is somewhat C#-inspired

Semantics are all still ECMAScript-based

Usage is minimal overhead for ES-based workflows

If you know ECMAScript 2015, you know most of TypeScript

If you know TypeScript, you know most of ECMAScript 2015

Overall, it's exactly what it aspires to be

Summary

Resources

TypeScript website

https://www.typescriptlang.org

full language specification

https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/blob/master/doc/spec.md

the full list of "What's New" (back to 1.1)

https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/What's-new-in-TypeScript

ECMAScript 2015 features example site

http://es6-features.org/

Credentials

Who is this guy?

Architect, Engineering Manager/Leader, "force multiplier"

http://www.newardassociates.com

http://blogs.newardassociates.com

Sr Distinguished Engineer, Capital One

Educative (http://educative.io) Author

Performance Management for Engineering Managers

Books

Developer Relations Activity Patterns (w/Woodruff, et al; APress, forthcoming)

Professional F# 2.0 (w/Erickson, et al; Wrox, 2010)

Effective Enterprise Java (Addison-Wesley, 2004)

SSCLI Essentials (w/Stutz, et al; OReilly, 2003)

Server-Based Java Programming (Manning, 2000)