WinJS: the Windows Library for JavaScript

Re:WinJS: the Windows Library for JavaScript by suyash on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @05:18PM (#7519099)

I thought Microsoft was working on Typescript as an alternate to pure JavaScript. How does WinJS fit into that picture?

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Re:WinJS: the Windows Library for JavaScript by soAsian on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @05:31PM (#7519196)

Go to the link and read about it. It's not for web. It's a way for web dev to create WinStore/Metro apps.

Jesus f Christ! 100% of people commenting here don't even fucking bother to read what the fuck WinJs is about before shooting off their mouth.

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Re:WinJS: the Windows Library for JavaScript by _pferreir_ on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @05:45PM (#7519291)

How does that invalidate parent's question? TypeScript compiles to JS. Couldn't MS have developed "WinTS" instead?

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Re:WinJS: the Windows Library for JavaScript by reverius42 on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @06:24PM (#7519491)

Though I haven't checked, I would guess that WinJS has strongly-typed TypeScript bindings, for those who choose to use TypeScript. But releasing the library itself in JS makes it available to a wider audience and doesn't prevent it from being used in TypeScript.

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