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Re:Why they keep developing Java/C# by novaleaf on Monday June 24, 2013 @09:50PM (#5936996)
what alatkins is trying to say (i think), is that, depending on your skill set, different tools are easier to use for specific purposes.

That said, I would consider myself an expert C# developer, but unfortunatly needed to move to javascript (nodejs/angular) due to the limited deployment+ecosystem flexibility C# provided. A real pitty, C# and Visual Studio are best-of-breed, and very powerful.

Re:Why they keep developing Java/C# by octopus on Monday June 24, 2013 @09:56PM (#5937019)
Have you tried TypeScript ? I think coming from a C# background TypeScript and his integration with VS will be a breeze.
Re:Why they keep developing Java/C# by novaleaf on Monday June 24, 2013 @10:12PM (#5937074)
that's exactly how i got started :)

in hindsight, typescript was the ideal way for me to migrate from C# to Javascript. now I can write "pure" javascript without typescript holding my hands, but i do greatly prefer having typescript around!

the only drawbacks of typescript (visual studio) I see right now is lack of debugging support for nodejs, and lack of angularjs intelisence (webstorm supports that well)

Re:Why they keep developing Java/C# by goofygrin on Monday June 24, 2013 @10:41PM (#5937195)
Doesn't 2012.2 and the web developer add on really improve intellisense for js libs (among many other things)?

I'm a C# dev... and it feels a lot like going back in time working with other toolchains sometimes (especially on the SQL side of things).