This document discusses TypeScript, a typed superset of JavaScript. It summarizes TypeScript's rise in popularity in 2017 and its main features - transpilation to JavaScript and static typings. Transpilation allows for backward compatibility with older JavaScript engines by compiling newer JavaScript features and TypeScript to older JavaScript. Static typings add type safety and enable IDE features like autocompletion. The document advocates that TypeScript brings more robustness, scalability, and integration with modern JavaScript tooling and frameworks.