Create React App and TypeScript: A Quick How-To
Let’s take a look at creating a new React app that uses Typescript from the jump, and converting an existing project from Javascript to Typescript. SHOULD I USE TYPESCRIPT IN REACT? Typescript is a superset of Javascript, which adds a layer of type safety to your code. This type of safety comes with a number of benefits that enhance the developer experience, such as significantly improved editor support as you code, and more explicit, communicative code overall. For these reasons (and many others) you may be looking to incorporate more Typescript into your development. New App From Scratch If you’re building a new app and using create-react-app , the docs are great: You can start a new TypeScript app using templates. To use our provided TypeScript template, append --template typescript to the creation command. npx create -react-app my-app --template typescript Once you run the above command your new application is efficiently create...