Doug C. answered 03/14/23
PhD in Education with 15+ Years of Web Design Experience.
The "simple" answer to this question is that Dreamweaver is primarily an HTML and CSS editor, and there are other integrated development environments and code editors that are better suited for TypeScript development (Visual Studio, Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, and Xcode, in order of preference). That having been said, it *is* possible to use Dreamweaver to create TypeScript code. Dreamweaver does not have a built-in TypeScript compiler, but you can use external tools to compile TypeScript code.
Here are steps to use Dreamweaver for TypeScript development:
- Create a new file in Dreamweaver and save it with a ".ts" file extension. This will enable syntax highlighting for TypeScript code.
- Write your TypeScript code in the file.
- Use an external tool such as the TypeScript compiler to compile the TypeScript code into JavaScript. You can install the TypeScript compiler using Node.js and npm.
- Once the TypeScript code is compiled into JavaScript, you can include the JavaScript file in your HTML file using a script tag.