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Hello, and
welcome to this TypeScript Basics course.
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If you want to improve your skills as a
web developer and increase your chances of
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getting hired, or even promoted,
then you're in the right place.
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TypeScript is being used more and
more in web-based products, for
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good reasons that I'll
talk about in this course.
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But before we continue,
let me talk a bit about myself.
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I'm a full stack developer
based in the UK,
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as you could probably guess by the accent.
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I've been using TypeScript
professionally for about six years, and
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teaching it on and off on platforms like
Udemy and YouTube for about four years.
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So you're in good hands.
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Let's talk about what you're
going to learn in this course.
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This is a basics course.
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So we'll first talk about
what TypeScript is and
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why you should use it
over regular JavaScript.
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Then for the rest of this
course we'll talk about types.
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Types are a huge part of TypeScript.
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We'll talk about what types are, how to
create them, and how to manipulate them.
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By the end of this course,
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you should have a pretty good
understanding of how TypeScript works.
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But you'll also become
a better programmer,
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one who writes code with less errors and
less bugs, all because of types.
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To get the most out of this course,
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there are three things you need to be
comfortable with before getting started.
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The first thing is JavaScript.
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Since TypeScript has everything
that JavaScript has,
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we'll essentially be writing
JavaScript with types.
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So it makes sense to know the basics of
JavaScript before starting this course.
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The next thing you'll need to
know is the commands prompt.
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We won't do anything too complex.
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Just navigate through some directories and
compile some code.
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It's a lot simpler than it
actually sounds, trust me.
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Finally, you'll need to be
comfortable in using a text editor or
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integrated development environment,
IDE for short.
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You don't have to be an expert
with your tool of choice.
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Just be comfortable creating a few files,
writing some code, of course, and
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running some scripts.
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If I've mentioned anything that you
think you need to learn, don't worry,
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there's some links below that should
guide you in the right direction.
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Okay, now that we've got
the requirements out of the way,
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let's start learning some TypeScript.
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