--- title: Introduction to TypeScript — What is TypeScript? | daily.dev description: TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that adds a robust type system enforced at compile time. It catches type errors before runtime, improves IDE tooling... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/introduction-to-typescript-what-is-typescript--1njk02qab twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Introduction to TypeScript — What is TypeScript? | daily.dev og:description: TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that adds a robust type system enforced at compile time. It catches type errors before runtime, improves IDE tooling... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/introduction-to-typescript-what-is-typescript--1njk02qab og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/1NjK02QAB.png og:image:alt: Introduction to TypeScript — What is TypeScript? 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. # Introduction to TypeScript — What is TypeScript? **[Playful Programming](https://daily.dev/sources/playfulprogramming)** · [@crutchcorn](https://daily.dev/crutchcorn) · 13 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that adds a robust type system enforced at compile time. It catches type errors before runtime, improves IDE tooling (autocomplete, jump-to-declaration), and enables meta-type features like ORM schema mapping. 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