Thoughts on TypeScript, Dart, and the future of browser-based coding

1 · Danny Tuppeny · Oct. 13, 2012, midnight
Had a bit of a discussion on Twitter with Kevin Darty about TypeScript. It started off with this tweet: Please RT if you actually know JavaScript and don't need a crutch like CoffeeScript, Dart or TypeScript. — Kevin Darty (@kdarty) October 12, 2012 I'm still a bit puzzled by all the hate for TypeScript. There seem to be a lot of NaySayers, but I've still yet to see a single example of a codebase that couldn't benefit from TypeScript. Since it's a superset of JS, you don't have to do anything ...