Boost your JavaScript! Explore TypeScript, a statically typed superset of JS, and how it ensures more robust, scalable, and maintainable applications.
A free and open-source language, TypeScript was developed by Microsoft to be based on JavaScript, specifically adding the static typing option. As a superset of the world's most popular programming language, TypeScript has gained a large following in its own right, with many companies turning to TypeScript development services, especially for large-scale and complex projects.
Our TypeScript development services
Enterprise TypeScript app development
TypeScript Web Application Development
TypeScipt is ideal for building client-side and server-side JavaScript web applications. Our JavaScript developers will leverage TypeScript to ensure your applications are robust, high-performance, and easy to use.
TypeScript Query
Does your project require TypeScript? We'll help you determine the best types of tools and services you need to successfully complete your project and offer guidance along the way.
TypeScript maintenance and support
Our TypeScript development process
Planning and Requirements Gathering
In the early stages, before we begin development, we will gather your business requirements to determine how we will proceed with your TypeScript project. We will also map out additional stages to ensure we meet your needs.
Development
This is when we will build your TypeScript project according to your specifications and requirements, working collaboratively with you and keeping you informed about our efforts.
Test
All products need to be rigorously tested, not only to eliminate as many bugs as possible, but also to evaluate qualities such as functionality, performance and usability.
Implantation
After testing, it's launch time – your TypeScript project is ready for market.
Maintenance
After deployment, we'll help you keep your product running and performing well through updates and maintenance.
Benefits of TypeScript for Software Development
Conversion to JavaScript
The main reason to use TypeScript is to extend the capabilities of JavaScript. All TypeScript code is converted to JavaScript and supports JavaScript tools and libraries. TypeScript can run wherever JavaScript runs, including in browsers, operating systems, and other environments.
JavaScript Rise
TypeScript builds on JavaScript, primarily adding the static typing option, while also augmenting the old language in other aspects. This is the reason TypeScript exists – and the biggest benefit it offers.
Popularity
TypeScript is relatively young, but it has already become enormously popular, with a growing community. In fact, JavaScript itself is the most popular language in the world, and its superset is a close second.
What is TypeScript?
JavaScript is the most popular programming language on the planet. Why? Because every company in the world has realized that websites are a necessity for doing business. And to attract and keep users coming back to your website, you need to make it as interesting and interactive as possible. With JavaScript, this is not only possible – it's easy.
JavaScript is a text-based programming language designed for both client-side and server-side that allows developers to make web pages interactive and interesting. JavaScript can be used to:
- Client-side web applications
- Server-Side Web Applications
- Mobile Applications
- Desktop Applications
- Web Games
It is because of the use cases listed above that JavaScript has become the most popular language on the planet. But JavaScript has its limitations. For example, as JavaScript codebases grow, they tend to become messy and difficult to maintain, meaning the code is not always easily reusable. In today's modern world of program development, reusable code is less work. And every software engineer should think about working smarter, rather than harder.
TypeScript is generally considered JavaScript for large-scale application development. It is a superset of compiled, strongly typed, object-oriented JavaScript. Think of TypeScript as a supercharged version of JavaScript.
Because TypeScript fully embraces object-oriented programming, strong type checking, and compile-time error checking, it makes JavaScript a much more viable language for enterprise-class companies.
Origins of TypeScripts
TypeScript was created by Microsoft and first released in October 2012. At that time, it was criticized as immature, due to its lack of IDE support (outside of Microsoft Visual Studio). It took a while, but eventually TypeScript found support in other IDEs and text editors across platforms (like Linux and macOS).
Currently, the list of IDEs that support TypeScript includes:
- Visual Studio Code
- alm.tools
- JetBrains
- Atom
- Cloud9 IDE
- Eclipse IDE (via a plugin)
- Code anywhere
- Angular IDE
- Tide
With the help of plugins, TypeScript can be integrated with automation tools like Grunt, Apache Maven, Gulp, and Gradle.
What is TypeScript used for?
Originally designed to overcome JavaScript's inability to work with large-scale application development, the original developers sought a solution that would not cause compatibility and standards issues. To help bridge TypeScript and JavaScript, developers created a JavaScript compiler that included a set of syntactic language extensions, which can transform TypeScript extensions into standard JavaScript.
TypeScript is made up of the following 3 components:
- TypeScript language: syntax, keywords and type annotations.
- TypeScript Compiler: Converts instructions written in TypeScript to the JavaScript equivalent.
- TypeScript Language Service: Exposes an additional layer around the compiler pipeline to support the common set of standard editor operations (such as statement completion, signature help, formatting, and syntax highlighting).
Advantages of TypeScript
TypeScript's features make it attractive to companies looking to implement functionality similar to JavaScript but at scale. These features include:
- Supports JavaScript libraries: TypeScript supports all existing JavaScript frameworks, libraries, and tools, so your developers should already have most of the skills needed to get started.
- Portability: TypeScript is portable across browsers, devices, and operating systems. In fact, any environment that supports JavaScript will support TypeScript.
- Chained Operators: TypeScript allows the optional chaining operator (?.), which allows developers to read the value of a property located deep within a chain of connected objects.
- DOM Manipulations: TypeScript can be used to manipulate the DOM to add or remove elements (in a similar way to JavaScript).
One of the ways TypeScript simplifies JavaScript is with the help of modules. TypeScript modules are designed to better organize code and are divided into 2 categories:
- Internal Modules: used to logically group classes, interfaces and functions into a single unit.
- External Modules: Specifies loading dependencies between multiple external JavaScript files.
TypeScript is really just JavaScript, so any JavaScript developers on your payroll should have no problem adapting to this language.
Why enterprise web development is moving to TypeScript
There are several reasons why your company should use TypeScript, such as:
- Typescript supports static typing.
- TypeScript supports ECMAScript 2015 classes.
- TypeScript supports generic programming.
- TypeScript makes JavaScript code easier to read and debug.
- TypeScript is open source, so it has a large community and several open source frameworks and libraries.
- TypeScript leverages all the benefits of ES6 (ECMAScript 6) and adds even more productivity features.
- TypeScript helps developers avoid common JavaScript bugs by checking code as they type.
- TypeScript includes a powerful type system (including generics).
- TypeScript is a structural language, not a nominal one.
- TypeScript code can be compiled according to ES5 and ES6 standards, so it supports all the latest browsers.
- TypeScript code is easier to understand than JavaScript.
In the end, one of the most important questions is: “What can you use TypeScript for?” The answer is simple: if you can build it with JavaScript, you can build it with TypeScript, only bigger, better performing, and easier. Because of this, TypeScript is ideal for larger companies that need large-scale JavaScript functionality.
With TypeScript, you can build JavaScript applications to run on both the client and the server. And because TypeScript helps developers catch bugs as they type code, it's a much more efficient language than JavaScript.
If this seems like the perfect language to add to your current development team, you can test it online or through the Node package manager, npm .
Why choose BairesDev for TypeScript development
Flexible Templates
Transparency
We will always keep you informed about our efforts, even if you select a dedicated team model to complete your project. You'll stay informed and attentive – no surprises!
High coding standards
Our code follows rigorous standards and undergoes extensive and thorough testing to ensure quality results.
Qualified Talent
All of our team members represent just 1% of the best talent. You can trust our professionals to have the highest degree of professionalism and specialized skills.
common questions
How does outsourcing work for a TypeScript development company?
Outsourcing your project to a TypeScript development company essentially means that you are transferring part or all of a project that depends on the language to an external vendor who specializes in software development. When outsourcing TypeScript development, you can usually choose between different models, such as team augmentation, where developers work side by side with their team members, or choose a dedicated team model, which means the team will complete the project in its entirety.
Can I hire full-time TypeScript developers?
TypeScript developers are JavaScript developers, so when you hire TypeScript developers, you are actually hiring JavaScript developers who know TypeScript. So the answer is yes – you can hire full-time TypeScript developers, but their work will span both languages.
What is the difference between JavaScript and TypeScript?
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript, so when it comes to JavaScript versus Typescript, what's the difference? The biggest distinction between the two is TypeScript's addition of static typing. Furthermore, TypeScript is an object-oriented programming language while JavaScript is considered a scripting language. Additionally, TypeScript supports interfaces and modules, while JavaScript does not.
