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Learn TypeScript 3 by Building Web Applications

By : Sebastien Dubois, Alexis Georges
Book Image

Learn TypeScript 3 by Building Web Applications

By: Sebastien Dubois, Alexis Georges

Overview of this book

TypeScript is a superset of the JavaScript programming language, giving developers a tool to help them write faster, cleaner JavaScript. With the help of its powerful static type system and other powerful tools and techniques it allows developers to write modern JavaScript applications. This book is a practical guide to learn the TypeScript programming language. It covers from the very basics to the more advanced concepts, while explaining many design patterns, techniques, frameworks, libraries and tools along the way. You will also learn a ton about modern web frameworks like Angular, Vue.js and React, and you will build cool web applications using those. This book also covers modern front-end development tooling such as Node.js, npm, yarn, Webpack, Parcel, Jest, and many others. Throughout the book, you will also discover and make use of the most recent additions of the language introduced by TypeScript 3 such as new types enforcing explicit checks, flexible and scalable ways of project structuring, and many more breaking changes. By the end of this book, you will be ready to use TypeScript in your own projects and will also have a concrete view of the current frontend software development landscape.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Diving into React, NestJS, GraphQL, and Apollo

Do you know what is cooler than knowing about two modern web development solutions? Knowing about three (or more)! And do you know what is even greater? Also knowing something about backend development!

In this chapter, we will learn about React (https://reactjs.org) and its ecosystem. Programming with React is one of the most demanded skills for web developers on the market today, so learning it is certainly valuable. But this book isn't about money; it is about passion and fun. And don't worry about fun—we'll have quite some in this chapter!

We won't stop there though! We will go above and beyond and learn about GraphQL (https://graphql.org), Apollo GraphQL (https://www.apollographql.com), and NestJS (https://nestjs.com).

Of course, we will also see how all of those can benefit from TypeScript support...