TypeScript allows infrastructure code to have integrated testing, compile time checks as well as being able to create infrastructure APIs. This talk shows why a real language is more suited to infrastructure management than DSLs, JSON or YAML. In addition, it explains how to build infrastructure that manages Serverless, PaaS …
Having spent over twenty years on developer tools I was convinced that Eclipse is the last development tool I work on. I was wrong. It all started five years ago as an experiment to see what is possible when it comes to developing in the browser using modern JavaScript, HTML, …
JavaScript has grown from a webpage toy to being used in large-scale deployments both on the server and in the browser. This rapid growth has outpaced the growth of the language itself, which lacks features that allow teams to communicate requirements and build applications safely. This session offers a guided …
There have been several attempts at patching static typing into JavaScript, but none have had notable success. TypeScript is different. Aligning with the EcmaScript 6 standard, it is a simple superset of JavaScript that’s easy and intuitive to learn — especially for those who know JavaScript. In this talk you …
TypeScript, a typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to idiomatic (normal) JavaScript, is designed to make it easier to write cross-platform, application scale, JavaScript that runs in any browser or in any host. It was announced recently while Anders Hejlsberg and other key members of the TypeScript team were attending …
