Re:TypeScript included with Visual Studio 2013 Update 2
by keithwarren on Friday February 28, 2014 @01:23PM
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You say XAML in jest but once you get over the learning curve, it is incredible expressive, it will make you hate HTML and CSS.
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Re:TypeScript included with Visual Studio 2013 Update 2
by mattmanser on Friday February 28, 2014 @04:15PM
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Yeah, but that learning curve is a real bitch.
As much as I hate HTML I never struggled with it quite as much as I struggled trying to feel productive with Silverlight 2/3 for the first 3 months.
But as you say, once you're finally over the hump, it makes you really despise the utter stupidity of HTML and the w3c's design by committee.
Re:TypeScript included with Visual Studio 2013 Update 2
by pjmlp on Friday February 28, 2014 @05:32PM
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Fully agree. XAML is great after one understands how all pieces fit together.
Sadly I get mostly paid to do web stuff.
Re:TypeScript included with Visual Studio 2013 Update 2
by EdwardDiego on Friday February 28, 2014 @10:43PM
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The last time I used it, the styling had some flaws. Trying to set an element's top and bottom border to one colour, with the left and right borders set to another was impossible, as you couldn't address individual sides, only the whole element's border.
The 'fix' was to create two line elements over the borders you wanted coloured differently.