What is Typescript, what is its type system, and how would it benefit you as a JavaScript developer to use Typescript in your next project?

TypeScript is gaining popularity as a type-safe alternative to JavaScript. Here's how to incrementally transform your JavaScript codebase into strongly typed TypeScript.

Additionally, compiling TypeScript code requires time and CPU resources compared to a minimal overhead with JS. Sometimes the hassle of using TypeScript doesn’t make sense for the project.