Peter looks at how to call a JavaScript function from your TypeScript code and do it in a type-safe way. Along the way, he dramatically simplifies a Backbone application by integrating Knockout. I ...

TypeScript is a variant of JavaScript that provides strong type information, a powerful development tool that minimizes bugs and makes JavaScript programs easier to build in enterprise settings.

Before we get into too much discussion, let’s look at a Hyperscript example that communicates the spirit of the thing: In English, it says: “When the div element is loaded, send an async request to ...