TypeScript has been a revolution in client-side development. It has taken mainstream concepts, such as types, classes, interfaces, generics, and decorators, and introduced them to the JavaScript world. The best part is that TypeScript does not introduce any new language but provides features that are currently in TC39 discussions for JavaScript.
All JavaScript code is valid TypeScript code, which allows developers to migrate and use TypeScript in the existing application. In this book, we will comprehensively cover TypeScript features, from basic features to advanced ones. We will introduce the features along with hands-on application development to aid better understanding.
Along with TypeScript, we will also look at Angular and learn the intricacies of the framework. We will be developing two applications along the way and both these applications will use Angular as their frontend framework.
By end of this book, we will look at the NativeScript framework, which will help us convert our Angular/TypeScript applications to native mobile platform applications. We will also look at Microsoft Azure as our cloud platform to deploy our web applications.
The purpose of this book is to provide readers with the knowledge of TypeScript and Angular so that they can build real-world applications effectively and efficiently.