Understanding TypeScript
Provides a comprehensive understanding of TypeScript, a statically typed superset of JavaScript that adds robust type-checking capabilities to the language. This course is crucial for developers as it covers a wide range of topics from basic type understanding to advanced concepts like generics and decorators. It also includes practical applications such as setting up a React + TypeScript project, executing TypeScript code with Node.js and Express, and implementing CRUD operations in a Node + Express app. By the end of the course, learners will have a solid foundation in TypeScript, enhancing their JavaScript skills and making them more versatile in both front-end and back-end development.
Skills for certificate:
TypeScript
JavaScript
Object Oriented Programming
Algorithms
Data Structures
Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Understanding TypeScript
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Description
Provides a comprehensive understanding of TypeScript, a statically typed superset of JavaScript that adds robust type-checking capabilities to the language. This course is crucial for developers as it covers a wide range of topics from basic type understanding to advanced concepts like generics and decorators. It also includes practical applications such as setting up a React + TypeScript project, executing TypeScript code with Node.js and Express, and implementing CRUD operations in a Node + Express app. By the end of the course, learners will have a solid foundation in TypeScript, enhancing their JavaScript skills and making them more versatile in both front-end and back-end development.
Learning Objectives
- Understanding TypeScript types vs JavaScript types
- Working with numbers, strings, and booleans in TypeScript
- Mastering object types, including nested objects and arrays
- Grasping function return types and the use of 'void'
- Exploring the 'unknown' and 'never' types in TypeScript
- Utilizing 'let', 'const', and arrow functions
- Implementing classes and understanding inheritance
- Applying interfaces with classes and extending interfaces
- Using intersection types and discriminated unions
- Implementing generics and understanding their use cases
- Applying decorators and understanding their execution
- Managing application state with singletons
- Implementing drag and drop functionality
- Understanding and using ES Modules
- Configuring and using Webpack for project bundling
- Integrating JavaScript libraries with TypeScript
- Fetching data using Axios and rendering maps with Google Maps
- Setting up and working with a React + TypeScript project
- Executing TypeScript code with Node.js and Express
- Implementing CRUD operations in a Node + Express app