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TypeScript 2.6 is here in time for Halloween, but have no fear! We've got some great treats for you in this release. If you haven't heard of TypeScript, it's a language that builds on top of the most up-to-date versions of JavaScript by adding optional static types. These types don't just help catch things like typos and logic errors; they also c...

TypeScript 2.6 RC is now available! To get started with the latest stable version of TypeScript, you can grab it through NuGet, or use the following command with npm: Visual Studio 2015 users (who have Update 3) can install TypeScript 2.6 RC from here, and Visual Studio 2017 users using version 15.2 or later will be able to get TypeScript by s...

This past weekend marked 5 full years since we released TypeScript publicly! Just half a decade ago, we announced our project with the ambitious goal of "getting JavaScript development to scale." At the time, it was clear to us that JavaScript's usage was growing, but with that, so were many of the pain points as codebases would grow. Things...