[bachmeier]

Is Typescript a good language for someone that has done very little in Javascript? Are resources available for newbies? I've programmed in dozens of languages over the last 30 years, so I'm not a beginning programmer, but have simply never messed with Javascript.

How does Typescript compare with Dart? Is Javascript the place to start?

[recursive]

I don't think you can expect to use typescript without really understanding javascript. Not to say you shouldn't learn typescript first. But by the time you're fluent in typescript, you basically know javascript also.