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Re:TypeScript included with Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 by Spearchucker on Friday February 28, 2014 @12:52PM (#7320295)
Not sure I understand your use of REPL - in Visual Studio you edit XAML in the right pane, and the change is reflected in the left pane as you type. That's more efficient than editing HTML or CSS in a text editor, saving, switching to browser, refreshing page. Can you explain?
Re:TypeScript included with Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 by sehr on Friday February 28, 2014 @01:01PM (#7320351)
That's entirely dependent on your workflow isn't it? I can set up a workspace within dev tools and edit HTML/CSS/JS on the fly and have the changes reflected on disk and on screen without ever losing sight of my work. Add in the networking tools (timelines, profiles etc..) and I have full featured 'IDE' that I can also browse hackernews with.
Re:TypeScript included with Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 by radicalbyte on Friday February 28, 2014 @02:03PM (#7320754)
The XAML editor in Visual Studio was broken for years. Blend, once you learn how to use it, is a much nicer tool.

In any case, unlike HTML you really don't want to be writing XAML by hand.

Re:TypeScript included with Visual Studio 2013 Update 2 by Spearchucker on Saturday March 01, 2014 @02:44PM (#7325788)
I write all my XAML by hand. Blend is a bit too cavalier for my liking, especially when building for Windows Phone.