BigInt and. NET Core 2.2 support? Oh Microsoft, you spoil us!
On the eve of Microsoft’s big developer shindig, or rather virtual developer shindig, Connect(); a fresh version of TypeScript has been released, along with an update for Visual Studio users who like their OS Apple-flavoured.
Just squeaking in before the expiration of the self-imposed November deadline comes version 3.2 of the open-source programming language TypeScript.
TypeScript is an extension of JavaScript that supports static types and is aimed at those supporting sprawling JavaScript applications (or just devs who like to see their source festooned with declarations).
Strongly typed languages force the programmer to exercise a bit of thought when dealing with variables. For example, trying to add a number and a text string would cause a strongly typed compiler to choke up an error, whereas vanilla JavaScript would just spit out a string, which may not have been the intent.
TypeScript works by taking TypeScript source, replete with all its declarations, and emitting pristine JavaScript, shorn of TypeScript’s fripperies.
As with previous releases, 3.2 gives and takes away, so needs a bit of thought before blithely installing it.
In terms of giving, TypeScript 3.2 introduces support for arbitrarily large integers via the primitive type bigint.
