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mention Luau in typescript overview
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Create common-issues.md for onboarding
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# Common Issues

### Why can't I use `number.toString()`?

Since Airship uses Luau, you can use `tostring(number)`.
[Click here to learn more about how Airship uses Luau](https://docs.airship.gg/other/javascript-greater-than-luau#strings).
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Useful Airship services can be found under the `Game` `Airship` and `Platform` globals.

## Important Considerations

Airship uses the [Luau Runtime](https://github.com/luau-lang/luau) to run scripts from the cloud. This means all TypeScript files are compiled to Luau instead of JavaScript and there are a few gotcha's when expecting a JavaScript function or library to exist. [Check this page for more information.](https://docs.airship.gg/other/javascript-greater-than-luau)