--- title: Learn TypeScript – The Ultimate Beginners Guide | daily.dev description: TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript. It does everything that JavaScript does, but with some added features. The main reason for using TypeScript is to add... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/learn-typescript-the-ultimate-beginners-guide-ad-mqr64k twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Learn TypeScript – The Ultimate Beginners Guide | daily.dev og:description: TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript. It does everything that JavaScript does, but with some added features. The main reason for using TypeScript is to add... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/learn-typescript-the-ultimate-beginners-guide-ad-mqr64k og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/aD-MqR64k.png og:image:alt: Learn TypeScript – The Ultimate Beginners Guide 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 – The Ultimate Beginners Guide **[freeCodeCamp](https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp)** · [@doabledanny](https://daily.dev/doabledanny) · 25 min read · 216 upvotes · 18 comments ## Summary TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript. It does everything that JavaScript does, but with some added features. The main reason for using TypeScript is to add static typing to JavaScript. This means that the type of a variable cannot be changed at any point in a program. It can prevent a LOT of bugs! ## 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. **@lorezz** · 1 upvotes > Very complete intro to typescript with examples. **@pelasua** · 1 upvotes > Nice started guide! **@surak** · 1 upvotes > the cheat sheet is useful **@jrathod\_9920** · 1 upvotes > Great **@randyknight** · 1 upvotes > Excellent presentation and very useful for those interested in learning TypeScript. 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