Lesson 1 of 3 · 9 min

Basic types

TypeScript adds type annotations: let age: number = 17. Wrong types fail before the code runs.

string, number and boolean cover most everyday values; arrays look like string[].

Practice

Annotate three variables — a name, a score and a passed flag — with the right types.

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