Let’s dive in and see what’s new in TypeScript 3.4!

- Faster subsequent builds with the --incremental flag
- Higher order type inference from generic functions
- Improvements for ReadonlyArray and readonly tuples
- const assertions
- Type-checking for globalThis
- Convert parameters to destructured object
- Breaking changes 

Here’s a summary of what’s new in this preview release:

• HTTP/2 performance improvements
• Typed results for minimal APIs
• OpenAPI improvements for minimal APIs
• Return multiple results types from minimal APIs
• Route groups
• Client results in SignalR
• gRPC JSON transcoding
• Project template option to use Program.Main method instead of top-level statements
• Rate limiting middleware 

Squeezing maximum type safety out of Typescript with TypeStrict 

using System.ComponentModel;

namespace PdfReportSamples.Models
{
    public enum JobTitle
    {
        [Description("Grunt")]
        Grunt,

        [Description("Programmer")]
        Programmer,

        [Description("Analyst Programmer")]
        AnalystProgrammer,

        [Description("Project Manager")]
        ProjectManager,

        [Description("Chief Information Officer")]
        ChiefInformationOfficer,
    }
}

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using PdfReportSamples.Models;
using PdfRpt.Aggregates.Numbers;
using PdfRpt.ColumnsItemsTemplates;
using PdfRpt.Core.Contracts;
using PdfRpt.Core.Helper;
using PdfRpt.DataAnnotations;

namespace PdfReportSamples.DataAnnotations
{
    public class Person
    {
        [IsVisible(false)]
        public int Id { get; set; }

        [DisplayName("User name")]
        //Note: If you don't specify the ColumnItemsTemplate, a new TextBlockField() will be used automatically.
        [ColumnItemsTemplate(typeof(TextBlockField))]
        public string Name { get; set; }

        [DisplayName("Job title")]
        public JobTitle JobTitle { set; get; }

        [DisplayName("Date of birth")]
        [DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:MM/dd/yyyy}")]
        public DateTime DateOfBirth { get; set; }

        [DisplayName("Date of death")]
        [DisplayFormat(NullDisplayText = "-", DataFormatString = "{0:MM/dd/yyyy}")]
        public DateTime? DateOfDeath { get; set; }

        [DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:n0}")]
        [CustomAggregateFunction(typeof(Sum))]
        public int Salary { get; set; }

        [IsCalculatedField(true)]
        [DisplayName("Calculated Field")]
        [DisplayFormat(DataFormatString = "{0:n0}")]
        [AggregateFunction(AggregateFunction.Sum)]
        public string CalculatedField { get; set; }

        [CalculatedFieldFormula("CalculatedField")]
        public static Func<IList<CellData>, object> CalculatedFieldFormula =
                                                    list =>
                                                    {
                                                        if (list == null) return string.Empty;
                                                        var salary = (int)list.GetValueOf<Person>(x => x.Salary);
                                                        return salary * 0.8;
                                                    };//Note: It's a static field, not a property.
    }
}

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using PdfReportSamples.Models;

namespace PdfReportSamples.DataAnnotations
{
    public static class PersonnelDataSource
    {
        public static IList<Person> CreatePersonnelList()
        {
            return new List<Person>
            {
                new Person
                {
                    Id = 1,
                    Name = "Edward",
                    DateOfBirth = new DateTime(1900, 1, 1),
                    DateOfDeath = new DateTime(1990, 10, 15),
                    JobTitle = JobTitle.ChiefInformationOfficer,
                    Salary = 5000
                },
                new Person
                {
                    Id = 2,
                    Name = "Margaret", 
                    DateOfBirth = new DateTime(1950, 2, 9), 
                    DateOfDeath = null,
                    JobTitle = JobTitle.AnalystProgrammer,
                    Salary = 4000
                },
                new Person
                {
                    Id = 3,
                    Name = "Grant", 
                    DateOfBirth = new DateTime(1975, 6, 13), 
                    DateOfDeath = null,
                    JobTitle = JobTitle.Programmer,
                    Salary = 3500
                }
            };
        }
    }
}

using System;
using PdfRpt.Core.Contracts;
using PdfRpt.FluentInterface;

namespace PdfReportSamples.DataAnnotations
{
    public class DataAnnotationsPdfReport
    {
        public IPdfReportData CreatePdfReport()
        {
            return new PdfReport().DocumentPreferences(doc =>
            {
                doc.RunDirection(PdfRunDirection.LeftToRight);
                doc.Orientation(PageOrientation.Portrait);
                doc.PageSize(PdfPageSize.A4);
                doc.DocumentMetadata(new DocumentMetadata { Author = "Vahid", Application = "PdfRpt", Keywords = "Test", Subject = "Test Rpt", Title = "Test" });
            })
             .DefaultFonts(fonts =>
             {
                 fonts.Path(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SystemRoot") + "\\fonts\\tahoma.ttf",
                                  Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SystemRoot") + "\\fonts\\verdana.ttf");
             })
             .PagesFooter(footer =>
             {
                 footer.DefaultFooter(printDate: DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy"));
             })
             .PagesHeader(header =>
             {
                 header.DefaultHeader(defaultHeader =>
                 {
                     defaultHeader.ImagePath(AppPath.ApplicationPath + "\\Images\\01.png");
                     defaultHeader.Message("new rpt.");
                     defaultHeader.RunDirection(PdfRunDirection.LeftToRight);
                 });
             })
             .MainTableTemplate(template =>
             {
                 template.BasicTemplate(BasicTemplate.ClassicTemplate);
             })
             .MainTablePreferences(table =>
             {
                 table.ColumnsWidthsType(TableColumnWidthType.FitToContent);
             })
             .MainTableDataSource(dataSource =>
             {
                 dataSource.StronglyTypedList(PersonnelDataSource.CreatePersonnelList());
             })
             .MainTableEvents(events =>
             {
                 events.DataSourceIsEmpty(message: "There is no data available to display.");
             })
             .MainTableSummarySettings(summary =>
             {
                 summary.OverallSummarySettings("Total");
                 summary.PageSummarySettings("Page Summary");
                 summary.PreviousPageSummarySettings("Pervious Page Summary");
             })
             .MainTableAdHocColumnsConventions(adHocColumns =>
             {
                 adHocColumns.ShowRowNumberColumn(true);
                 adHocColumns.RowNumberColumnCaption("#");
             })
             .Export(export =>
             {
                 export.ToExcel();
                 export.ToXml();
             })
             .Generate(data => data.AsPdfFile(AppPath.ApplicationPath + "\\Pdf\\DataAnnotationsSampleRpt.pdf"));
        }
    }
}

Angular 2.0 will be built using the TypeScript language. It will embrace TypeScript's idioms for working with immersive web experiences in larger applications.

You can get those same benefits by working with TypeScript and Angular together. In this session, you'll learn how Angular and TypeScript work together to create single page applications. You'll see how you can leverage the features of ECMAScript 6, and still support today's browsers. You'll see how adopting TypeScript can be as easy as changing the extensions on your .js files. How you use the TypeScript features is completely in your control. 

I've been doing some work the last couple of weeks with Angular2. I really like it. Not just because it uses typescript, but also because it feels really natural and straightforward while working with it. No more string based dependency injection, or strange digest cycle stuff, it just seems to work. This last week I've migrated our beta-13 Angular app to the latest rc-1, and used that to keep track of the fun and easy stuff Angular 2 provides. Note though, that the application we're developing is really that complex, so I can only assume we'll run into more complex Angular2 features in the near future. For now, though, let me share some general tips and tricks we've encountered thus far (in no particular order). Oh, all examples are in typescript, since after using that, I really don't want to go back to plain old javascript (POJS?). 

export interface Person {
  name: string;
  age: number;
}

export class LinqTestsComponent {

  people: Person[] = [
    { name: "User 4", age: 27 },
    { name: "User 5", age: 42 },
    { name: "User 6", age: 8 },
    { name: "User 1", age: 20 },
    { name: "User 2", age: 35 },
    { name: "User 3", age: 78 }
  ];

}

  logTitle(title: string) {
    console.log(`%c${title}`, "background: #222; color: #bada55");
  }

  logOriginalArray() {
    console.log(`original this.people:${JSON.stringify(this.people)}`);
  }

  logResult(message: string, result: any) {
    console.log(`${message}:${JSON.stringify(result)}`);
  }

  equivalentToWhere() {
    const youngerThan40 = this.people.filter(person => person.age < 40); // ECMAScript 5
    this.logResult("People younger than 40", youngerThan40);

    // Filtering on Multiple Criteria
    const youngsters = this.people.filter(
      person => person.age < 40 && person.name.toLocaleLowerCase().indexOf("user") !== -1);
    this.logResult("Users younger than 40", youngsters);
  }

People younger than 40:[
{"name":"User 4","age":27},
{"name":"User 6","age":8},
{"name":"User 1","age":20},
{"name":"User 2","age":35}
]

Users younger than 40:[
{"name":"User 4","age":27},
{"name":"User 6","age":8},
{"name":"User 1","age":20},
{"name":"User 2","age":35}
]

  equivalentToAny() {

    const anyUnder40 = this.people.some(person => person.age < 40); // ECMAScript 5
    this.logResult("Are any people under 40?", anyUnder40); // true

    // Filtering on Criteria Matching any Object Properties
    const filterBy = "user";
    const anyUsers = this.people.filter(person =>
      Object.keys(person).some(property => {
        let value = (<any>person)[property];
        if (typeof value === "string") {
          value = value.toLocaleLowerCase();
        }
        return value.toString().indexOf(filterBy) !== -1;
      })
    );
    this.logResult("anyUsers", anyUsers);
  }

Are any people under 40?:true
anyUsers:[
{"name":"User 4","age":27},
{"name":"User 5","age":42},
{"name":"User 6","age":8},
{"name":"User 1","age":20},
{"name":"User 2","age":35},
{"name":"User 3","age":78}
]

  equivalentToContains() {

    const searchElement: Person = { name: "User 4", age: 27 };
    const containsUser4 = this.people.includes(searchElement); // ECMAScript 2016 = ECMAScript 7
    this.logResult("Contains searchElement", containsUser4); // false -> only compares by reference and not by value.

    const indexOfUser4 = this.people.indexOf(searchElement); // ECMAScript 5
    this.logResult("indexOfUser4", indexOfUser4); // -1 -> only compares by reference and not by value.

    const stringifiedObj = JSON.stringify(searchElement);
    const includesUser4 = this.people.some(person => JSON.stringify(person) === stringifiedObj);
    this.logResult("includesUser4", includesUser4); // true -> compares by by value.
  }

  equivalentToAll() {
    const allUnder30 = this.people.every(person => person.age < 30); // ECMAScript 5
    this.logResult("Are all people under 30?", allUnder30); // false
  }

 Are all people under 30?:false

  equivalentToFirstOrDefault() {
    const vahidOrDefault = this.people.filter(item => item.name === "Vahid")[0] || null; // ECMAScript 5
    this.logResult("vahidOrDefault", vahidOrDefault);

    const user1OrDefault = this.people.find(item => item.name === "User 1") || null; // ECMAScript 2015 = ECMAScript 6
    this.logResult("user1OrDefault", user1OrDefault);
  }

  equivalentToFindIndex() {
    const index = this.people.findIndex(person => person.age === 8); // ECMAScript 2015 = ECMAScript 6
    this.logResult("index of the user with age 8", index)
  }

 index of the user with age 8:2

  equivalentToSelect() {
    const names = this.people.map(person => person.name); // ECMAScript 5
    this.logResult("Selected the names of people", names);
  }

  equivalentToAggregate() {
    // ECMAScript 5
    const aggregate = this.people.reduce((person1, person2) => {
      return { name: "", age: person1.age + person2.age };
    });
    this.logResult("Aggregate age", aggregate.age); // { age: 210 }
  }

 Aggregate age:210

  equivalentToForEach() {
    // ECMAScript 5
    this.people.forEach(person => {
      this.logResult("person", person);
    });
  }

 person:{"name":"User 4","age":27}
 person:{"name":"User 5","age":42}
 person:{"name":"User 6","age":8}
 person:{"name":"User 1","age":20}
 person:{"name":"User 2","age":35}
 person:{"name":"User 3","age":78}

    // ECMAScript 5
    let orderedByAgeAscending = this.people.sort((person1, person2) => {
      const a = person1.age;
      const b = person2.age;
      return a > b ? 1 : -1;
    });
    this.logResult("Ordered by age ascending", orderedByAgeAscending);

    orderedByAgeAscending = this.people.sort((person1, person2) => person1.age - person2.age);
    this.logResult("Ordered by age ascending", orderedByAgeAscending);

Ordered by age ascending:[
{"name":"User 6","age":8},
{"name":"User 1","age":20},
{"name":"User 4","age":27},
{"name":"User 2","age":35},
{"name":"User 5","age":42},
{"name":"User 3","age":78}
]

    const orderedByName = this.people.sort((person1, person2) => {
      // name1.localeCompare(name2) // is case insensitive
      // or use toUpperCase() to ignore character casing
      const name1 = person1.name.toUpperCase();
      const name2 = person2.name.toUpperCase();
      return name1 > name2 ? 1 : -1;
    })
    this.logResult("Ordered by name", orderedByName);
    this.logOriginalArray();

Ordered by name:[
{"name":"User 1","age":20},
{"name":"User 2","age":35},
{"name":"User 3","age":78},
{"name":"User 4","age":27},
{"name":"User 5","age":42},
{"name":"User 6","age":8}
]

original this.people:[
{"name":"User 1","age":20},
{"name":"User 2","age":35},
{"name":"User 3","age":78},
{"name":"User 4","age":27},
{"name":"User 5","age":42},
{"name":"User 6","age":8}
]

  chainFunctionCalls() {
    const namesOfPeopleOver30OrderedDesc =
      this.people
        .filter(person => person.age > 30)
        .map(person => person.name)
        .sort((name1, name2) => {
          // name1.localeCompare(name2) // is case insensitive
          // or use toUpperCase() to ignore character casing
          name1 = name1.toUpperCase();
          name2 = name2.toUpperCase();
          return name2 > name1 ? 1 : -1;
        });
    this.logResult("the names of all people over 30 ordered by name descending", namesOfPeopleOver30OrderedDesc);
  }

 the names of all people over 30 ordered by name descending:["User 5","User 3","User 2"]

skip2 -> the deleted elements:[
{"name":"User 3","age":78},
{"name":"User 4","age":27},
{"name":"User 5","age":42},
{"name":"User 6","age":8}
]

original this.people:[
{"name":"User 1","age":20},
{"name":"User 2","age":35}
]

ml5.js is a high level JavaScript library for machine learning. The main idea of this project is to further reduce the barriers between lower level machine learning and creative outputs using JavaScript