--- title: Moving from JavaScript to TypeScript | daily.dev description: JavaScript is still one of the most popular programming languages in the world. TypeScript aims to solve a lot of the problems that JavaScript has which makes... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/moving-from-javascript-to-typescript-p2l-biwsm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Moving from JavaScript to TypeScript | daily.dev og:description: JavaScript is still one of the most popular programming languages in the world. TypeScript aims to solve a lot of the problems that JavaScript has which makes... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/moving-from-javascript-to-typescript-p2l-biwsm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/P2L-BiwSm.png og:image:alt: Moving from JavaScript to 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. # Moving from JavaScript to TypeScript **[Hashnode](https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode)** · [@andrewbaisden](https://daily.dev/andrewbaisden) · 6 min read · 14 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary JavaScript is still one of the most popular programming languages in the world. TypeScript aims to solve a lot of the problems that JavaScript has which makes the language a lot closer to other modern programming languages. The better tooling available in TypeScript provides a far better experience when writing code. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#nodejs](https://daily.dev/tags/nodejs), [#typescript](https://daily.dev/tags/typescript) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/moving-from-javascript-to-typescript-p2l-biwsm) ```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":"Moving from JavaScript to TypeScript","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/moving-from-javascript-to-typescript-p2l-biwsm","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/moving-from-javascript-to-typescript-p2l-biwsm"},"datePublished":"2022-02-11T05:22:27.793Z","dateModified":"2022-02-11T05:22:27.800Z","description":" JavaScript is still one of the most popular programming languages in the world. TypeScript aims to solve a lot of the problems that JavaScript has which makes...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f81c27c420a9aeef830581c6545b3333","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f81c27c420a9aeef830581c6545b3333","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hashnode","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":"Person","name":"Andrew Baisden","url":"https://daily.dev/andrewbaisden","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5095486?v=4","description":"Software Developer | Content Creator | AI, Tech, Programming","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":850}},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/moving-from-javascript-to-typescript-p2l-biwsm","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":14},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"general-programming,javascript,nodejs,typescript","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hashnode","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Moving from JavaScript to TypeScript"}]} ```