Difference between interfaces and classes in Typescript

Question

What is the different between Typescript Interfaces and Classes? When do I use a Class? When do I use Interfaces? What are the advantages of them?

I need to create some kind of types for an http-request to my backend server (Doing it with Angular 2), like : },

"fields": {
  "project": {
      "id": "10000"
  },
  "summary": "something's wrong",
  "issuetype": {
      "id": "10000"
  },
  "assignee": {             // not neccesary required
      "name": "homer"
  },
  "reporter": {
      "name": "smithers"
  },
  "priority": {            
      "id": "20000"
  }
}

What should I use for building these models?

Answer 1

Interfaces

• Describe how an object should look
• Exists compile time only, with the sole purpose of type checking

Classes

• Used as a blueprint from which to instantiate/produce objects
• Can implement an interface which means it has to implement at least all of the properties/methods from the interface

Example:

interface Person {
    name: string;
    id: number;
    doStuff: () => void;
}

// implements Person says: You have to at least implement these things
// which are located on the person interface 
class employee implements Person {
    constructor(public name: string, public id: number){}

    doStuff () {console.log('Doing stuff')}
}

// interfaces can also describe variables and parameters
const p1: Person = {
    name: 'foo',
    id: 34,
    doStuff () {console.log('Doing stuff')}
}

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