Programming Foundations 🧱

Master the core building blocks of TypeScript programming

Learn primitive types, variables, control flow, and functions—the essential foundation for everything you'll build in TypeScript.

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Prerequisites

• Basic familiarity with JavaScript syntax
• A code editor (VS Code recommended)
• Curiosity and willingness to learn!

Pre-workshop Resources

Here are some resources you can read before taking the workshop to get you up to speed on some of the tools and concepts we'll be covering:

• TypeScript Handbook - The Basics
• JavaScript.info - Data Types

System Requirements

• git v2.18 or greater
• NodeJS v20 or greater
• npm v8 or greater

All of these must be available in your PATH. To verify things are set up properly, you can run this:

git --version
node --version
npm --version

If you have trouble with any of these, learn more about the PATH environment variable and how to fix it here for windows or mac/linux.

Setup

Use the Epic Workshop CLI to get this setup:

npx --yes epicshop@latest add programming-foundations

If you experience errors here, please open an issue with as many details as you can offer.

The Workshop App

Learn all about the workshop app on the Epic Web Getting Started Guide.