TypeScript First Steps

### About this course

### TypeScript: What? Why? How?

- Types in JS & the problems TS solves
					- How TS & JS are related
					- Installing TS & setting up
					- Moving gradually from JS to TS

### Functionality & Features
					
					- Adding types to variables & functions
					- Union types & type narrowing
					- Defining & extending interfaces 
					- Exporting and importing types
					- Generic types & type parameters

### Libraries & Workflows

- Configuring the TS compiler 
					- Full-stack workflows & IDE integration
					- Testing & debugging TS apps
					- Validating data for end-to-end type safety
					- Open-source libraries for production TS
	
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					### Ground rules

- Everyone belongs here!
					- There are no "dumb" questions
					- Growth > Goalposts

### Intros

- What brings you here today?
					- What's your experience with JS (or TS)?
					- What's your favorite _type_ of coding project?

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					### Development Setup

Make sure you have installed: 
					- Node.js (`node` and `npm`): [nodejs.org](https://nodejs.org/en/download)
					- VSCode IDE: [code.visualstudio.com](https://code.visualstudio.com/download)

Clone the workshop repo:
					
					[github.com/vakila/typescript-first-steps](https://github.com/vakila/typescript-first-steps)

### Ready?

# Let's go!