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TypeScript for JavaScript Developers

Add a type system to an existing JavaScript codebase gradually, using types to catch real bugs rather than to satisfy the compiler.

9 Hours8 LessonsIntermediate → Advanced

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Curriculum

A complete, practical progression.

Work through 8 lessons across a structured 9 hour course designed around practical application.

01

Foundations

Strict mode, the type system, and what types are for.

  • 1.1Turn on strict mode properly1h 10m
  • 1.2Unions and narrowing1h 20m
02

Modelling real data

Types for data that comes from outside your code.

  • 2.1Typing data from the outside world1h 15m
03

Generics in anger

Reusable types without type-level cleverness.

  • 3.1Generics that earn their place1h 20m
04

Migrating a JavaScript codebase

Adding types without a rewrite.

  • 4.1A gradual migration1h 15m

What students will learn

  • Strict mode and the compiler flags that matter
  • Narrowing and discriminated unions
  • Generics without ceremony
  • Typing third-party and API data
  • Migrating a JavaScript codebase

Technologies and skills covered

TypesRefactoringGenericsMigrations

Course requirements

  • Comfortable with modern JavaScript
  • ES modules and async/await

Projects

Course projects and outcomes.

Complete focused builds that connect individual lessons into demonstrable development workflows.

Build 01

Typed API Client

Give an untyped fetch wrapper end-to-end types from response to UI.

Build 02

Partial Migration

Add types to one folder of an existing app without breaking the build.

Who this course is for

JavaScript developers adding types to a live codebase
Developers who find TypeScript confusing

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Add a type system to an existing JavaScript codebase gradually, using types to catch real bugs rather than to satisfy the compiler.