--- title: 13 Data Types of Typescript you should know for... description: The most basic data type is the simple true/false value, which Typescript calls a Boolean. All numbers are either floating-point values or Big Integers. Since... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/13-data-types-of-typescript-you-should-know-for-beginners--i-oobfiat twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 13 Data Types of Typescript you should know for beginners 👨🏻‍💻👩‍💻 | daily.dev og:description: The most basic data type is the simple true/false value, which Typescript calls a Boolean. All numbers are either floating-point values or Big Integers. Since... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/13-data-types-of-typescript-you-should-know-for-beginners--i-oobfiat og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/i-ooBfIAt.png og:image:alt: 13 Data Types of Typescript you should know for beginners 👨🏻‍💻👩‍💻 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. # 13 Data Types of Typescript you should know for beginners 👨🏻‍💻👩‍💻 **[Hashnode](https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode)** · 7 min read · 30 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary The most basic data type is the simple true/false value, which Typescript calls a Boolean. All numbers are either floating-point values or Big Integers. Since TypeScript version 1.4, TypeScript has included support for ES6 Template strings. When you want to span a string to multiple lines and/or have to embed expressions, use templated strings. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@idoshamun** · 4 upvotes > Here they are: > Boolean > Number > String > Array > Tuple > Enum > Unkown > Any > Void > Null / Undefined > Never > Object > Type assertions **@mihai** · 2 upvotes > Thank you. This is is actually a good head-start for whoever is starting to work with TS, as this can also safely be bookmarked and used as a cheatsheet when in doubt. :-) **@malek\_smida** · 1 upvotes > Insightful! 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This is is actually a good head-start for whoever is starting to work with TS, as this can also safely be bookmarked and used as a cheatsheet when in doubt. :-)","datePublished":"2020-10-08T09:12:33.626Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-ooBfIAt#c-L_KcMwMtg","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"mihai","url":"https://daily.dev/mihai","image":"https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/15910058?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Insightful! 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