Mastering TypeScript 3, 3rd Edition

Master the TypeScript language and its latest features. Explore modern application frameworks and utilize industry best practices in TDD, OOP and UI Design.

Key Features

• Learn the key features of TypeScript 3 and explore advanced language features through in-depth discussions.
• Use TypeScript with modern frameworks including Backbone, Angular, Aurelia, React, and Node.
• Explore TDD practices, OOP techniques, and industry best practices to create high-quality, modular, and adaptable applications.

Book Description

TypeScript is both a language and a set of tools to generate JavaScript. It was designed by Anders Hejlsberg at Microsoft to help developers write enterprise-scale JavaScript.

Starting with an introduction to the TypeScript language, before moving on to basic concepts, each section builds on previous knowledge in an incremental and easy-to-understand way. Advanced and powerful language features are all covered, including asynchronous programming techniques, decorators, and generics.

This book explores many modern JavaScript and TypeScript frameworks side by side in order for the reader to learn their respective strengths and weaknesses. It will also thoroughly explore unit and integration testing for each framework.

Best-of-breed applications utilize well-known design patterns in order to be scalable, maintainable, and testable. This book explores some of these object-oriented techniques and patterns, and shows real-world implementations.

By the end of the book, you will have built a comprehensive, end-to-end web application to show how TypeScript language features, design patterns, and industry best practices can be brought together in a real-world scenario.

What you will learn

• Gain insights into core and advanced TypeScript language features
• Integrate existing JavaScript libraries and third-party frameworks using declaration files
• Target popular JavaScript frameworks, such as Angular, React, and more
• Create test suites for your application with Jasmine and Selenium
• Organize your application code using modules, AMD loaders, and SystemJS
• Explore advanced object-oriented design principles
• Compare the various MVC implementations in Aurelia, Angular, React, and more

Who this book is for

This guide to the TypeScript that starts with basic concepts, and then builds on this knowledge to introduce more advanced language features and frameworks. No prior knowledge of JavaScript is required, although some prior programming experience is assumed. If you are keen to learn TypeScript, this book will give you all of the necessary knowledge and skills to tackle any TypeScript project. If you are already an experienced JavaScript or TypeScript developer, then this book will take your skills to the next level. Learn how to use TypeScript with a multitude of modern frameworks, and choose the best framework for your project requirements. Investigate techniques for Test Driven Development, explore industry-standard design patterns, and learn how to put together a full production-ready TypeScript application.

Table of Contents

1. TypeScript – Tools and Framework Options
2. Types, Variables, and Function Techniques
3. Interfaces, Classes, and Inheritance
4. Decorators, Generics, and Asynchronous Features
5. Declaration Files and Compile Options
6. Third-Party Libraries
7. TypeScript Compatible Frameworks
8. Test Driven Development
9. Testing Typescript Compatible Frameworks
10. Modularization
11. Object-Oriented Programming
12. Dependency Injection
13. Building Applications
14. Let’s Get Our Hands Dirty