Module 8: TypeScript

Last revised: 14/06/2022

Summary

Students learn to use TypeScript, an essential and marketable skill in today’s JavaScript landscape. This variant of JavaScript provides type safety, allowing developers to write more scalable and understandable applications. Students apply their learning of TypeScript concepts using the Nest.js framework in comparison to Express.js.

Outline

• 1 Introduction to TypeScript [R]

• 1.1 Everyday Types [R]

• 1.2 Advanced Types [R]

• 1.3 TypeScript Compiler [R]

• 2 TypeScript with Node and Express [R]

• 2.1 Backend frameworks with TypeScript [R]

• 2.2 TypeScript Cart [L]

• 2.3 NestJS Task Management App [L]

• 3 Summary [R]