JavaScript is dead to me.. I bow before the typescript ecma 6 overlords .. Now to convert CSS to resource dictionaries and I may actually high five HTML again
On 05/10/2012, at 9:24 AM, "Michael Ridland" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Recently I spent 9 months full time doing Javascript building a large > application, I was open minded and learnt to like it. But coming back to c# > recently I realised just how many leagues better c# was than javascript(I > don't dare say this at sydjs). > > Typescript bring some really nice things to javascript that c# has but it's > still very much javascript(more than others eg CoffeeeScript). > > I can say TypeScript is amazingly awesome, you get the best of both worlds. > > Like Coffeescript does, TypeScript will make you a much better javascript > programmer. > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 2:14 AM, David Kean <[email protected]> wrote: >> While I’m still skeptical, the one advantage over other similar projects >> (such as Dart), is that it interops with existing JavaScript. >> >> >> >> I think my favorite quote so far is, “hate JavaScript, then you’ll love >> TypeScript!” >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >> On Behalf Of Davy Jones >> Sent: Thursday, October 4, 2012 1:41 AM >> To: ozDotNet >> Subject: Re: Opinions of TypeScript? >> >> >> >> I haven't looked at it and probably won't. As far as I can see, the only new >> thing is static typing? JavaScript already has oo. There are enough >> technologies around js already why confuse matters more? >> >> >> >> Davy >> >> >> Sent from my starfleet datapad. >> >> >> On 4 oct. 2012, at 10:27, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Folks, I just heard about TypeScript. It superficially seems like a good >> idea. Has anyone tried it? I’m downloading the VS2012 MSI for it to see what >> it’s like. Let’s face, anything that makes JavaScript development easier >> will be welcome, but will TypeScript help or hinder? -- Greg >> >
