TypeScript
TypeScript was designed for the development of large applications and transpile into JavaScript. It was developed by Microsoft Corporation in 2012. Developers can add type safety to their projects with TypeScript. It is built on JavaScript and is a strongly typed programming language. Companies that use TypeScript are Asana, Slack, Medium, DoorDash, and many more.
Features
- It has a strict and structural typing system.
- It provides the feature of Intellisense which gives active hints when code is added.
- It is easy to spot bugs and eliminate them.
Advantages
- It is best when collaborating within and between teams.
- Maintaining code is easy.
- It is a statical typed language.
Disadvantages
- It has a complicated typing system.
- It is not worth using TypeScript on small projects.
- The feature of code readability does not work too well in TypeScript.
Difference between TypeScript and CoffeeScript
JavaScript programming language conforms to the ECMAScript specification. It is a high-level scripting language introduced by Netscape in 1995 to be run on the client side of the web browser. It can insert dynamic text into HTML. Browser’s language is another name for JavaScript. TypeScript and CoffeeScript, both are dynamic JavaScript languages. Both languages transpile into JavaScript where the former was developed in 2012, the latter came into existence in 2009. They are different from each other in various aspects. Let us learn about the differences in the below article.