Learn five of the coolest features of TypeScript from Technical Fellow, Anders Hejlsberg. How can TypeScript help editors better check and improve our JavaScript? How does TypeScript use Control Flow Analysis? How do we avoid the pyramid of doom with asynchronous callback hell? Learn these and why Anders is having so much fun creating compilers in this episode of Five Things! Learn more at https://aka.ms/5things-azureTo watch more episodes go to https://aka.ms/FiveThingsPlaylist Create a Free Account (Azure)

Learn why asynchronous operations are at the heart of RxJS, how to compose events, and how RxJS was invented at Microsoft from Ben Lesh and Burke Holland. How does lodash compare to RxJS? How do you use sets of events over time? Why does Burke long for hair? Why are throttling and debouncing such fun words to say? Learn these and more in this episode of Five Things! Create a Free Account (Azure)

Docker the big technology all Web and cloud developer should be exploring. What is it about whales that they deploy containers so well? Why does Dan always match his shirt to the Docker-whale blue? Learn more about how you can use Docker in this episode of Five Things, from Simona Cotin and Dan Wahlin. Create a Free Account (Azure)

Learn how Angular uses RxJS, what are Reactive Forms, and how RxJS helps with cloud development with Ward Bell and John Papa. Is it good for coordinating events? Is RxJS good when combined with serverless computing? Why Ward thinks if you send your requests out and they love you, they will come back as a response? Where can you learn more about RxJS, Angular and Azure? Why did Ward leave his night club crooning job? Learn these and more in this episode of Five Things! Create a Free Account (Azure)

Learn where the React framework came from, why it is component centric, and what React Fiber is from Dan Abramov and Burke Holland. Why does React make state and components first class concepts? Why does Burke think he is a component? Does Facebook really have 30,000 components in production? Should you use Redux? Why isn't Burke cool enough to get the latest version of React? Learn these and more in this episode of Five Things! Create a Free Account (Azure)

Learn what RxJS is, what observables are, and how your apps can benefit from them from Ward Bell and John Papa. Is it good for responding to a stream of events? Why does Ward run into things so often? What can you do with RxJS that is a reason to use it over promises? How it is great for watching keystrokes? Why does Ward want to hug it out with John? Learn these and more in this episode of Five Things! Create a Free Account (Azure)

Learn what Create React App is, how it helps you get started with React, and where you can get it from Dan Abramov and Burke Holland. Is it a scaffolding tool or a boilerplate? Why did Dan and team create it? What options do you have with it? How and when can you use the development server vs a production backend server? How do you create a Progressive Web App (PWA) using Create React App? Why is Burke playing video games while talking to Dan? Learn these and more in this episode of Five Things! Create a Free Account (Azure)