what is typescript?

there is this language, Typescript. Microsoft maintains it, it's become a very intersting contender for the best new front end language. It's different in that it is is strongly-typed but at it's code it is bascially Javascript.

You job is learn enough about Typescript to build a pretty simple app.

Build a "web based" Dictionary app. The app has a single page, like a very simple google interface, where the user types in an english word and gets a defintion of the word.

For the source of your definitions, use this API: https://dictionaryapi.dev

For your page styling I have used: https://getbootstrap.com There is a simple html page sample to get you started. It's an example of using bootstrap for styling a page without a lot of effort.

Write a program in Typescript to handle the action of calling the dictionary api from the page, and displaying the result, in a nice fashion.

Demos on Monday!