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TypeScript is a language for application-scale JavaScript. TypeScript adds optional types to JavaScript that support tools for large-scale JavaScript applications for any browser, for any host, on any OS. TypeScript compiles to readable, standards-based JavaScript. Try it out at the playground, and stay up to date via our blog and Twitter account.
Find others who are using TypeScript at our community page.
For the latest stable version:
npm install -D typescript
For our nightly builds:
npm install -D typescript@next
There are many ways to contribute to TypeScript.
This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.
For details on our planned features and future direction, please refer to our roadmap.
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TypeScript is a language for application scale JavaScript development
The npm package typescript receives a total of 37,979,184 weekly downloads. As such, typescript popularity was classified as popular.
We found that typescript demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 7 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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