# My first App - ionic, typescript and plugins confusion

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/my-first-app-ionic-typescript-and-plugins-confusion/84092>\
**Category:** ionic-v3\
**Created:** [March 24, 2017, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/my-first-app-ionic-typescript-and-plugins-confusion/84092 "2017-03-24T11:24:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 24, 2017, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/my-first-app-ionic-typescript-and-plugins-confusion/84092/1 "2017-03-24T11:24:08Z")

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Hi,

I need to develop an App but it is an activity that happens only few times  
I was looking at PhoneGap since it is suppose to work with Javascript, CSS, HTML

I saw ionic framework and I think is pretty interesting but looking the video of crash course 2 on youtube now seems that javascript is written in typescript ( that i don’t use ) , I’m more comfortable with jQuery since i already use for web projects

not sure if I have to use typescript or if i can use standard javascript inside .ts files

can I also use jQuery?

where and how can i add custom "modules"  
for example i need to add this plugin inside my app, where should i place it?

> **[Tabbedslidebox](https://market.ionicframework.com/plugins/tabbedslidebox)**
>
> ionic slidebox with scrollable tabs