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Learn React with TypeScript - Second Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Mar 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804614204
Pages 474 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Carl Rippon Carl Rippon
Profile icon Carl Rippon

Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface 1. Part 1: Introduction
2. Chapter 1: Introducing React 3. Chapter 2: Introducing TypeScript 4. Chapter 3: Setting Up React and TypeScript 5. Chapter 4: Using React Hooks 6. Part 2: App Fundamentals
7. Chapter 5: Approaches to Styling React Frontends 8. Chapter 6: Routing with React Router 9. Chapter 7: Working with Forms 10. Part 3: Data
11. Chapter 8: State Management 12. Chapter 9: Interacting with RESTful APIs 13. Chapter 10: Interacting with GraphQL APIs 14. Part 4: Advanced React
15. Chapter 11: Reusable Components 16. Chapter 12: Unit Testing with Jest and React Testing Library 17. Index 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Understanding the benefits of TypeScript

In this section, we will start by understanding what TypeScript is, how it relates to JavaScript, and how TypeScript enables teams to be more productive.

Understanding TypeScript

TypeScript was first released in 2012 and is still being developed, with new releases happening every few months. But what is TypeScript, and what are its benefits?

TypeScript is often referred to as a superset or extension of JavaScript because any feature in JavaScript is available in TypeScript. Unlike JavaScript, TypeScript can’t be executed directly in a browser – it must be transpiled into JavaScript first.

Note

It is worth being aware that a proposal is being considered that would allow TypeScript to be executed directly in a browser without transpilation. See the following link for more information: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-type-annotations.

TypeScript adds a rich type system to JavaScript. It is generally used with frontend...

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