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Re:Why does TypeScript have be the answer to anything? by eranation on Tuesday October 02, 2012 @10:29PM (#4605521)
I think google missed big time on Dart, and something like TypeScript is what they should have done. I really find it hard to come up with bad things to say about Microsoft's move, it's a mental cognitive dissonance, but I have to admit, they are doing something very right.

1) it's just JavaScript - winning some CoffeeScript fans

2) regular JavaScript is valid, (just like SCSS vs SASS)

3) it has day 1 interop with vanila JS (Dart just started, and until it has it, it's just a play-with language)

4) TypeScript support for most popular editors (Dart has mostly Eclipse I think, TypeScript has support for everything but eclipse, but an eclipse plugin is just a matter of time probably)

5) TypeScript has a bit more chance becoming a standard, (future ECMASCript 6?)

Well played Microsoft, didn't see it coming...

VS 2012 is actually nice, still I would probably wait for an Eclipse plugin (I'm sure someone out there is already working on it) but this is for me a big reason not to start learning Dart

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Re:Why does TypeScript have be the answer to anything? by ahrjay on Thursday October 04, 2012 @05:59PM (#4614625)
Don't forget source map support, that is a huge plus to have from day one.
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Re:Why does TypeScript have be the answer to anything? by cmccabe on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @01:23AM (#4605960)
I think you answered your own question. Google wanted a fundamentally different language, not just JS with some extra features thrown in. As to what will win out in the end-- I have no idea.
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Re:Why does TypeScript have be the answer to anything? by eranation on Wednesday October 03, 2012 @02:59PM (#4609073)
Google seem to like inventing things, they have people who create languages for a living (some of the creators of Java, that some of them are probably behind Dart) and they did some pretty amazing things, Go is a great language, I'm sure Dart will have a fan base, and who knows, it might catch up (in 2004 no one thought Ruby will be that popular, right?) Google went for their vision, Microsoft went for the practical.
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