The Concise TypeScript Book
The Concise TypeScript Book by Stefan Baumgartnerby Stefan Baumgartner
Shares rank 71 of 115 programming books by recommenders
A short, focused guide to TypeScript that skips the JavaScript subset, which people find concise and useful. Critics say much of the content has not been updated in two years.
A short, focused guide to TypeScript that skips the JavaScript subset, which people find concise and useful. Critics say much of the content has not been updated in two years.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 3
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 60%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 3 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Concise, skips the JavaScript subset
“It didn't included the JavaScript subset, so that's pretty concise.”
Comment from 11 Jan 2026 in “The Concise TypeScript Book” Useful and to the point
“Thanks for sharing, this is useful.”
Comment from 11 Jan 2026 in “The Concise TypeScript Book”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Content not updated in two years
“most of the content hasn't been updated for two years straight”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “The Concise TypeScript Book” Lacks the reasoning behind choices
“What I miss in this book is the reasoning.”
Comment from 11 Jan 2026 in “The Concise TypeScript Book”
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The four most recommended other programming books, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| Crafting Interpretersby Robert Nystrom | 60 | 4 | 94% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Clean Codeby Robert C. Martin | 31 | 87 | 26% | 9 | — | — |
| The Pragmatic Programmerby Hunt and Thomas | 28 | 1 | 97% | 7 | — | Approved |
| How to Design Programsby Felleisen, Findler, Flatt and Krishnamurthi | 18 | 2 | 90% | 7 | — | Approved |
| The Concise TypeScript Bookby Stefan BaumgartnerThis page | 3 | 2 | 60% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
All 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“most of the content hasn't been updated for two years straight”
“What I miss in this book is the reasoning.”
“Thanks for sharing, this is useful.”
“I figured this out after reading the first chapter forever”
“It didn't included the JavaScript subset, so that's pretty concise.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.