# Understanding TypeScript - Section 01

## Getting Started

### VS Code Extensions
* ESLint
* Path Intellisense
* Prettier (Shift+Option+F)

### Initial Setup

* Compiling TypeScript file to JavaScript file
* Run `ts <filename>.ts`

* Using `lite-server`
* `lite-server` - Lightweight development only node server that serves a web app, opens it in the browser, refreshes when html or javascript change, injects CSS changes using sockets, and has a fallback page when a route is not found. [Read more.](https://www.npmjs.com/package/lite-server)
* Open terminal in VS Code
* Run `npm init`
* Click `Enter` as many times as prompted
* Run `npm install --save-dev lite-server`
* Run `npm start`
* Click `http://localhost:3000` to open in the browser.