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by ixtraz 4743 days ago
TypeScript is a language for application-scale JavaScript development. TypeScript is a typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JavaScript. Any browser. Any host. Any OS. Open Source.

(C) http://www.typescriptlang.org/

Btw, I've used it a lot, feel free to ask any questions.
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turingbook 4743 days ago
I wonder if there are any ugly things or traps in programming TypeScript.
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michaelwww 4743 days ago
The JavaScript gotchas will still getcha, such as variable hoisting. I tend to forget they are still there when working in TypeScript, but that's my fault.
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ixtraz 4743 days ago
When you comfortable with JavaScript, there is nothing can scare you in TypeScript.

The only thing is - to get a best you need to prepare. If you using some library, I should find (or write, or generate) proper definition file for this library (Interface). But when you get all together - you have a lot of happy hours of coding :)

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