TypeScript: Because It's Useful

About this Presentation

Rod Johnson, creator of Spring, says TypeScript his new favorite language. “It's just so useful!” After working in Scala, Java, and Clojure for years, I have to agree. TypeScript is a perfectly practical compromise. It's designed for developers, not theorists.

If you like static types, come learn what TypeScript offers that even Scala doesn't. Duck typing is charming when it includes unions and literals and partials.

If you hate static types, learn how to keep them out of your way until they become useful. There are tricks for this.

This session will cover the TypeScript language, with a focus on back-end development in Node. I'll cover some of the ways Node differs
from the JVM, especially dependency loading and concurrency. I'll focus on gradual typing: how to evolve a codebase from flexible to
safe. Learn how to get rid of typing.

TypeScript is not a language for zealots. It is a language for developers who want to get work done and get it mostly right. Come let
me sell you on it, or teach you more about its interesting and useful corners.