[karatestomp]

One of the best things about TypeScript is that it compiles to very normal-looking JS. Its compilation step is almost entirely just stripping out type data, by design. I went through coffeescript pain before and like many didn’t expect to ever be happy to use a compiles-to-JS language, but TS really is different. If they change direction and start to add tons of stuff that doesn’t translate cleanly, I’ll get worried. Until then it’s very nice and comes with an escape hatch of just taking its output and making that your new codebase. It’s that clean-looking.