If you are a React developer and want to build your React apps faster and more robustly, this course is for you. Learn to integrate TypeScript with React, boost your productivity, and create apps that are easier to maintain.

In this course, you will learn how to utilize TypeScript’s sophisticated type system to make React development faster and your code more readable. You will learn how to create component props, state, and events that are strongly-typed, allowing you to quickly understand what you can pass and helping you avoid mistakes.

Lastly, you will set up React projects with TypeScript. First, you will learn how to do this with the Create React App tool, then how to create a React and TypeScript project with Webpack and Babel.

Using TypeScript with React

## Technical requirements

We are going to use the following tools in all the lessons where we'll learn how to create a React and TypeScript project manually:
* **Node.js** and **npm**. These can be installed from [https://nodejs.org/en/download/](https://nodejs.org/en/download/). **npm** needs to be at least at version 5.2.
* A code editor such as **Visual Studio Code**. Visual Studio Code can be installed from [https://code.visualstudio.com/](https://code.visualstudio.com/)

# Technical requirements

We are going to use the following tools in all the lessons where we'll learn how to create a React and TypeScript project manually:
* **Node.js** and **npm**. These can be installed from [https://nodejs.org/en/download/](https://nodejs.org/en/download/). **npm** needs to be at least at version 5.2.
* A code editor such as **Visual Studio Code**. Visual Studio Code can be installed from [https://code.visualstudio.com/](https://code.visualstudio.com/)

In this lesson, we will start creating a React and TypeScript project by creating the folder structure, the 'package.json' and the HTML file that will host the React app.

Why TypeScript?

Using basic types

Creating types

Working with generic types

Creating strongly-typed function component props

Creating strongly-typed function component state

Creating strongly-typed class components

Creating strongly-typed component events and event handlers

Creating strongly-typed context

Creating strongly-typed refs

Creating React projects with TypeScript using Create React App

Creating a React and TypeScript project manually

Putting everything together

Creating a basic project

Technical requirements