The Complete Strapi™ Course with Plugins and Deployment - How to Use Typescript (Optional)

This lesson covers how to bootstrap a new Strapy project with TypeScript and convert an existing JavaScript-based Strapy project to TypeScript. It explains the benefits of using TypeScript, such as its typing system, and provides step-by-step instructions for both initializing a new project and converting an existing one. The lesson also highlights the importance of the tsconfig.json file and how to handle database configurations when using TypeScript. Although the course primarily uses JavaScript, this lesson offers resources for those who prefer TypeScript.

What is the main reason for using JavaScript instead of TypeScript throughout the course?

Describe the process of initializing a Strapy project with TypeScript.

What steps are involved in converting an existing Strapy project to TypeScript?

What is the significance of the tsconfig.json file in a TypeScript project?

What should you do after modifying the database configuration file when converting to TypeScript?

How does the allowJs option affect the use of JavaScript files in a TypeScript project?

Explain how you can gradually adopt TypeScript in your project.