Angular 2: Built on TypeScript

Re:Angular 2: Built on TypeScript by dchuk on Thursday March 05, 2015 @12:03PM (#9152018)

So Angular has gone from being written in plain JS, to Dart, to Atscript, and now Typescript? Why so much jumping around? Isn't that creating a lot of technical debt issues?

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Re:Angular 2: Built on TypeScript by mikeryan52 on Thursday March 05, 2015 @12:21PM (#9152191)

It's a bit confusing, but basically right now there are two Angular products: AngularJS 1.x and AngularDart. These two efforts are supported by completely separate teams. Now the JS and Dart teams are merging and the new Angular 2.0 will be written in TypeScript and transcompiled down to ES6, ES5, and Dart. So while it may look like jumping around, the message seems to be consolidation.

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Re:Angular 2: Built on TypeScript by santialbo on Thursday March 05, 2015 @12:24PM (#9152219)

They made an Angular.js rewrite in Dart that has nothing to do with Angular 2.0. Angular 2.0 was written in ATScript which was basically Typescript with annotations. Now Typescript added annotations so there's no point in mantaining ATScript anymore.

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Re:Angular 2: Built on TypeScript by lastofus on Thursday March 05, 2015 @12:16PM (#9152144)

Constantly trying out the "new hotness" seems to be the norm in front end dev.

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Re:Angular 2: Built on TypeScript by WalterSear on Thursday March 05, 2015 @12:18PM (#9152157)

Ditching angular has been the new hotness for a while.

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Re:Angular 2: Built on TypeScript by Guillaume86 on Thursday March 05, 2015 @12:13PM (#9152115)

AtScript was pretty much just TypeScript + annotations

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Re:Angular 2: Built on TypeScript by jlebrech on Thursday March 05, 2015 @12:11PM (#9152091)

not really, everytime they switch they are filing for technical bankruptcy.

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