TypeScript is straight up one of the best technologies I work with, rivaled only possibly by giants like Postgres. It takes one of the worst parts of my day - refactoring Javascript code - and makes it straightforward and enjoyable.
TypeScript 2.0 goes beyond that and begins to push the envelope on what type systems can do. Recently I've been loving the combination of discriminated union types and nullable types. It means that you can have code like this:
function myFunction(x: number | null) {
if (x === null) {
return;
}
console.log(x + 1); // x is now a number
}
The argument to the function is x, which is either number or null (that's what number | null means). But the if statement ensures it's not null by exiting the function, so by the time you get to the log TypeScript has (correctly) set the type of x to be just number!
The types match up exactly with how you'd write the Javascript code. It's awesome and it just works.
TypeScript 2.0 goes beyond that and begins to push the envelope on what type systems can do. Recently I've been loving the combination of discriminated union types and nullable types. It means that you can have code like this:
The argument to the function is x, which is either number or null (that's what number | null means). But the if statement ensures it's not null by exiting the function, so by the time you get to the log TypeScript has (correctly) set the type of x to be just number!The types match up exactly with how you'd write the Javascript code. It's awesome and it just works.