typescript Archives

code-for-a-living September 18, 2021

Level Up: Introduction to TypeScript

In this one-off Level Up session, we’re exploring TypeScript, a popular programming language used for web development. Josh Goldberg, a Staff Frontend Developer at Codecademy, walks us through the basics of TypeScript. We discuss its relationship to JavaScript, how TypeScript is used in real production environments (like Codecademy itself!), how to get involved in the…

Alex Kuntz

code-for-a-living May 5, 2021

Getting started with… TypeScript

A look at how to get started with TypeScript.

Medi Madelen Gwosdz Content Strategist - Former

code-for-a-living June 15, 2020

Talking TypeScript with the engineer who leads the team

We wanted to find out what about TypeScript makes it so dang lovable, so we reached out to Ryan Cavanaugh, the principal engineering lead for the TypeScript language at Microsoft. He was generous enough to sit down and answer our questions.

Ryan Donovan

community May 27, 2020

The 2020 Developer Survey results are here!

We're excited to share the results of our 10th annual developer survey! 65,000 developers shared their thoughts on the state of software today.

Ben Popper Director of Content

code-for-a-living May 22, 2020

Deno v1.0.0 released to solve Node.js design flaws

Node.js creator, Ryan Dahl, left the Node.js project in 2012 and started working with it again around six years later. In using it again, he found a number of design flaws that bothered him. So he decided to create a new implementation of his original idea: Deno, which released V1.0.0 last week.

Ryan Donovan

podcast May 20, 2020

Podcast 236: A glitch in the Matrix

We reflect on the wealth of small software startups doing strong business in relative obscurity.

Ben Popper Director of Content

code-for-a-living September 12, 2019

Practical Ways to Write Better JavaScript

There are lots of simple things you can do to improve at JavaScript. Here are some methods we use to write better JS.

Ryland Goldstein Head of Product at Temporal