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Get a good introduction to TypeScript
Syntax
Semantics
Usage
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
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/
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