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TypeScript Blueprints

By : Ivo Gabe de Wolff
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TypeScript Blueprints

By: Ivo Gabe de Wolff

Overview of this book

TypeScript is the future of JavaScript. Having been designed for the development of large applications, it is now being widely incorporated in cutting-edge projects such as Angular 2. Adopting TypeScript results in more robust software - software that is more scalable and performant. It's scale and performance that lies at the heart of every project that features in this book. The lessons learned throughout this book will arm you with everything you need to build some truly amazing projects. You'll build a complete single page app with Angular 2, create a neat mobile app using NativeScript, and even build a Pac Man game with TypeScript. As if fun wasn't enough, you'll also find out how to migrate your legacy codebase from JavaScript to TypeScript. This book isn't just for developers who want to learn - it's for developers who want to develop. So dive in and get started on these TypeScript projects.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
TypeScript Blueprints
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Creating the interface


NodeJS can be used to create servers, as we did in chapters 2 and 3. You can also create tools with a command line interface (CLI). For instance, gulp, NPM and typings are command line interfaces built with NodeJS. We will use NodeJS to create the interface for our game.

Handling interaction

The interaction from the user can only happen by text input in the terminal. When the game starts, it will ask the user some questions about the configuration: width, height, row length for a sequence, and the player(s) that are played by the computer. The highlighted lines are the input of the user:

Tic-Tac-Toe 
 
Width 
3 
Height 
3 
Row length 
2 
Who controls player 1? 
1  You 
 
2  Computer 
 
1 
Who controls player 2? 
1  You 
 
2  Computer 
 
1 

During the game, the game asks the user which of the possible options he wants to do. All possible steps are shown on the screen, with...