--- title: Learn TypeScript in 5 minutes | daily.dev description: TypeScript is a language extension that adds static typing to JavaScript. It reached a breaking point sometime in 2020 and is fast becoming the default way to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/learn-typescript-in-5-minutes-ru3sybfj1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Learn TypeScript in 5 minutes | daily.dev og:description: TypeScript is a language extension that adds static typing to JavaScript. It reached a breaking point sometime in 2020 and is fast becoming the default way to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/learn-typescript-in-5-minutes-ru3sybfj1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rU3sYbFj1.png og:image:alt: Learn TypeScript in 5 minutes 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. # Learn TypeScript in 5 minutes **[JSK](https://daily.dev/sources/jsk)** · 7 min read · 47 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary TypeScript is a language extension that adds static typing to JavaScript. It reached a breaking point sometime in 2020 and is fast becoming the default way to write JavaScript. The official TypeScript Handbook is a great way to start. Give it an afternoon, build a toy project or five and you'll get the hang of it. ## 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. **@maqsud** · 0 upvotes > Awesome tutorial --- Tags: [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#typescript](https://daily.dev/tags/typescript) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/learn-typescript-in-5-minutes-ru3sybfj1) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Learn TypeScript in 5 minutes","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/learn-typescript-in-5-minutes-ru3sybfj1","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/learn-typescript-in-5-minutes-ru3sybfj1"},"datePublished":"2021-10-14T03:16:45.686Z","dateModified":"2021-10-14T03:16:45.686Z","description":"TypeScript is a language extension that adds static typing to JavaScript. It reached a breaking point sometime in 2020 and is fast becoming the default way to...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/8548f680f58874f9c46628feabd99ff4","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/8548f680f58874f9c46628feabd99ff4","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"JSK","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"JSK","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/jsk","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/jsk"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/learn-typescript-in-5-minutes-ru3sybfj1","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":47},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"javascript,typescript","timeRequired":"PT7M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"JSK","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/jsk"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Learn TypeScript in 5 minutes"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/learn-typescript-in-5-minutes-ru3sybfj1","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Awesome tutorial","datePublished":"2024-11-13T18:42:32.082Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/rU3sYbFj1#c-dWSEnBSEq","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Maqsud Tolipov","url":"https://daily.dev/maqsud","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/95850553?v=4"}}]} ```