Announcing TypeScript 2.9

Daniel RosenwasserMay 31, 2018May 31, 201805/31/18

Today we’re announcing the release of TypeScript 2.9!If you’re not familiar with TypeScript, it’s a language that adds optional static types to JavaScript. Those static types help make guarantees about your code to avoid typos and other silly errors. They can also provide nice things like code completions and easier project navigation thanks to tooling built around those types.

Announcing TypeScript 2.9 RC

Daniel RosenwasserMay 16, 2018May 16, 201805/16/18

Today we’re excited to announce and get some early feedback with TypeScript 2.9’s Release Candidate. To get started with the RC, you can access it through NuGet, or use npm with the following command:

npm install -g typescript@rc

You can also get editor support by

Downloading for Visual Studio 2015 (with Update 3)
Downloading for Visual Studio 2017 (for version 15.2 or later)
Following directions for Visual Studio Code and Sublime Text.