--- title: Here's what every React Developer needs to know about... description: TypeScript is an open source language developed and maintained by Microsoft. It is a multi-paradigm language (like JavaScript) Allows the use of static types... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/here-s-what-every-react-developer-needs-to-know-about-typescript---part-1-0ifotp5rn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Here's what every React Developer needs to know about TypeScript - Part 1 | daily.dev og:description: TypeScript is an open source language developed and maintained by Microsoft. It is a multi-paradigm language (like JavaScript) Allows the use of static types... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/here-s-what-every-react-developer-needs-to-know-about-typescript---part-1-0ifotp5rn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0Ifotp5Rn.png og:image:alt: Here's what every React Developer needs to know about TypeScript - Part 1 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Here's what every React Developer needs to know about TypeScript - Part 1 **[Hashnode](https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode)** · [@dastasoft](https://daily.dev/dastasoft) · 23 min read · 59 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary TypeScript is an open source language developed and maintained by Microsoft. It is a multi-paradigm language (like JavaScript) Allows the use of static types Extra features (generics, interfaces, tuples, etc) Allows for gradual adoption*. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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