# Improve productivity with TypeScript and lifecycle hooks for Cloud Functions

DevFeed: [Improve productivity with TypeScript and lifecycle hooks for Cloud Functions](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/improve-productivity-with-typescript-and-lifecycle-hooks-for-cloud-functions-16243.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://firebase.blog/posts/2017/12/improve-productivity-with-typescript>)

Author: Thomas Bouldin

Published: 2017-12-08T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Firebase Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/firebase-blog.md>)

Topics: [TypeScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/typescript.md>), [Cloud Functions](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-functions.md>), [Firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firebase.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>)

Tags: [cloud-functions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-functions.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firebase.md>), [firebase-cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firebase-cli.md>), [lifecycle](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lifecycle.md>), [lint](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lint.md>), [linter](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linter.md>), [typescript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/typescript.md>)

## AI overview

The Firebase CLI added first-class TypeScript support for Cloud Functions starting with version 3.16.0. New TypeScript projects are configured for compilation, automatic transpilation during deployment, and recommended linting with TSLint. The article also explains lifecycle hooks such as predeploy and postdeploy.

## Source excerpt

News, tutorials, and updates from the Firebase team.