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Seems to be missing C# ( https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn ) with 6550 stars and Typescript ( https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript ) with 16876 stars.

comment by CurtHagenlocher · 2016-11-21 · in Most starred interpreters and compilers on GitHub

…types you provide in JSDoc[1] so you will see benefits simply by using VS Code in most cases. [1]: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/JSDoc-support-i...

comment by svieira · 2016-11-03 · in Visual Studio Code 1.7.1

…3 yet, and might still be dropped. That said, there is a TS issue tracking adding support for it: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/2103 .

comment by bcherny · 2016-10-12 · in Yarn – A new package manager for JavaScript

…but many of their open source projects use unadulterated OS licenses. Typescript is Apache 2: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/blob/master/LICENSE.... Visual Studio Code is MIT: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/master/LICENSE…

comment by TAForObvReasons · 2016-10-12 · in Facebook React.js License

I'm fixing that in https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/pull/11267

comment by bradleyayers · 2016-09-30 · in If TypeScript is so great, how come all notable ReactJS projects use Babel?

And a whole lot more. https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/Roadmap has a summary of the most important changes.

comment by wereHamster · 2016-09-22 · in Announcing TypeScript 2.0

…been released yet, but it's super confusing. [1]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/typescript [2]: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/releases

comment by Toddward · 2016-09-20 · in If TypeScript is so great, how come all notable ReactJS projects use Babel?

…expensive tools that everyone have to buy into just to communicate with you once you are locked in. https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript is uh... right there. Check the license. Visual Studio code runs Textmate snippets and has a very…

comment by KirinDave · 2016-09-20 · in If TypeScript is so great, how come all notable ReactJS projects use Babel?

…of the method Agreed! There's an open issue that addresses that scenario (and a ton of others): https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/6606

comment by saguiar · 2016-09-20 · in If TypeScript is so great, how come all notable ReactJS projects use Babel?

> I use Typescript 2.0 RC No need to use the RC any more. 2.0 is out! https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/What's-new-in-T...

comment by ken47 · 2016-09-20 · in If TypeScript is so great, how come all notable ReactJS projects use Babel?

…will be returned by Redux's "mapStateToProps" function, and sometimes this object can be big. [0] https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/What's-new-in-T... [1] https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/What's-new-in-T...

comment by mpawelski · 2016-09-20 · in If TypeScript is so great, how come all notable ReactJS projects use Babel?

…apps, VS Code and TypeScript itself are pretty good examples. https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode https://github.com/Microsoft/typescript

comment by softawre · 2016-09-15 · in Angular 2 Final Released

There are a lot of other new features as well that were introduced in the 2.0-beta release: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/What's-new-in-T...

comment by freditup · 2016-08-30 · in Announcing TypeScript 2.0 RC

…subset of TS. Are your explanations about Flow's strictness really applicable to this subset? See https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/blob/master/doc/spec... > Here's an example that came up just last week: [...] (Note: This is not a…

comment by thorn0asdf · 2016-08-02 · in Flowtype 0.30 adds support for Windows

…it as a deb package or Mac OS X pkg etc. without having to first install node.js/npm [1]: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/blob/master/src/comp... [2]: https://discuss.as3lang.org/t/the-case-when-you-dont-want-no...

comment by zwetan · 2016-07-27 · in Bringing ChakraCore to Linux and OS X

Uhh, yes it is meant to be just annotations + ES6. https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/TypeScript-Desi... The exclamination is a forced cast to another type, just like "x as otherType". So this is still in the same category.

comment by spion · 2016-07-12 · in Announcing TypeScript 2.0 Beta

…`undefined` are subtypes of `any`, so you can still gradually convert to typescript. (according to https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/pull/7140 )

comment by legulere · 2016-07-11 · in Announcing TypeScript 2.0 Beta

Another interesting addition is discriminated union types: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/pull/9163 This will greatly facilitate a more functional style of programming.

comment by ken47 · 2016-07-11 · in Announcing TypeScript 2.0 Beta

There are a _lot_ more features than non-nullable types: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/What%27s-new-in...

comment by spankalee · 2016-07-11 · in Announcing TypeScript 2.0 Beta

…compiler converts your html templates into TS, and then regular TS typechecking can take over. See https://github.com/microsoft/typescript/issues/6508 (and the GIF!)

comment by robwormald · 2016-06-29 · in Angular 2 – Best Practises

…if I parens on the typeof check, it no longer works: if (typeof(x) === "string") I opened an issue: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/9391 Thanks for the help!

comment by jdmichal · 2016-06-28 · in Migrating a 10,000-line legacy JavaScript codebase to TypeScript

I agree, ADTs would be nice. In fact, we have a pull request out for it right now. [1] :) [1]: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/pull/9163

comment by DanRosenwasser · 2016-06-15 · in The Future of TypeScript Declaration Files

…https://github.com/golang/go/graphs/contributors https://github.com/scala/scala/graphs/contributors https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/graphs/contributors

comment by bcherny · 2016-06-07 · in Show HN: New calendar app idea

What currently is in TypeScript: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/What's-new-in-T...

comment by DJCordhose · 2016-06-07 · in Flow vs. Typescript

Not equivalent - the TS compiler currently does not actually enforce the types in a JS file. See https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/4790#issuecom... The feature of parsing JSDoc comments is currently only used for providing…

comment by Arnavion · 2016-06-06 · in Flow vs. Typescript

…as types, just more specific, so they're important if one is trying to draw a comparison. [1] https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/Roadmap#20 [2] https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/milestones

comment by whatever_dude · 2016-06-06 · in Flow vs. Typescript

…} Is functionally identical to: function foo(a: string, b: number): string { return a + b; } See: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/4790

comment by joshuacc · 2016-06-06 · in Flow vs. Typescript

…to embed inot a lot of your files, so a reasonable effort to unwind, that matters. If you compare: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/milestones and https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/Roadmap to the lack of information on…

comment by Bakesteve · 2016-06-06 · in Flow vs. Typescript

Both differences in this presentation are addressed in TypeScript 2.0 https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/Roadmap#20

comment by msoad · 2016-06-06 · in Flow vs. Typescript

…an aim of TS to make it easier to continue using JS for those who prefer a half-way house, see: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/4789

comment by danielearwicker · 2016-06-06 · in I Was Wrong About TypeScript

see https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/8275

comment by robwormald · 2016-06-06 · in I Was Wrong About TypeScript

…compiler will* accommodate you by compiling your JS alongside your TS code.[1] * TypeScript 1.8 [1] https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/4792

comment by ihsw · 2016-06-06 · in I Was Wrong About TypeScript

…[1] c nonullable types [2] [1] https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/advanced-types.... [2] https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/pull/7140 As a Scala developer I like Typescript a lot. Which is a first for me in browser…

comment by joostdevries · 2016-06-05 · in I Was Wrong About TypeScript

…i'd be convenient that any language being used for large projects would support this feature. [1] https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/pull/7140

comment by randiantech · 2016-05-30 · in Null References: The Billion Dollar Mistake – Tony Hoare (2009) [video]

…and the tree reuse, and so has benefitted from the architecture improvements for service work. [1] https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/pull/8010

comment by wwwigham · 2016-05-13 · in Anders Hejlsberg on Modern Compiler Construction [video]

…peers (who are very satisfied with a perfect ABNF and a parser which strictly adheres to it). [1] https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript [2] https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/labels/Effort%3A%20E...

comment by wwwigham · 2016-05-13 · in Anders Hejlsberg on Modern Compiler Construction [video]

…tooling integrations we'll get from Typescript - there's a cool GIF in this issue tracking the work https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/6508

comment by robwormald · 2016-05-03 · in Angular 2 Release Candidate

…features coming to the type system that brings it closer to parity with Flow: Non-nullable types: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/pull/7140 Control flow type analysis: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/pull/8010 I wish…

comment by avolcano · 2016-04-27 · in TypeScript Won

…compile everything in the "src" directory, my best option is to exclude every other directory. [0] https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/983

comment by jdmichal · 2016-04-27 · in TypeScript Won

If you are using typescript, you should read: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/7270 TLD'R: React 15.0 broke TSX in typescript but the workaround is easy.

comment by kuon · 2016-04-07 · in React v15.0

…want saner scoping rules. We should definitely update the docs to use let everywhere, though. [1]: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/5822#issuecom...

comment by egeozcan · 2016-03-21 · in Non-nullable types for TypeScript

…I filed. I was flabbergasted when I was told it was by design, to match JavaScript. The issue: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/5822

comment by ridiculous_fish · 2016-03-21 · in Non-nullable types for TypeScript

Well, with the last release, typescriot supposedly can compile plain js. https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/What%27s-new-in... That should make it simple to treat ts more strict than js.

comment by geon · 2016-03-21 · in Non-nullable types for TypeScript

…tps://github.com/jeffmo/es-class-fields-and-static-propert... or Support ES7: exponentiation operator https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/4812 Typescript seems to be more like ECMAScript.next + types rather than ES6 + types.

comment by bd82 · 2016-03-16 · in JavaScript libraries should be written in TypeScript

…is the spread/rest syntax which is sometimes used in React projects isn't fully supported in TS: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/2103 . I should point out you can use Babel and Typescript, so the Babel processes the output…

comment by tommyd · 2016-03-16 · in JavaScript libraries should be written in TypeScript

…to the type system on the roadmap, for example support for non-nullable and variadic types: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/Roadmap Typescript may not be perfect but I'm glad to see it getting more attention as I think it can…

comment by tommyd · 2016-03-16 · in JavaScript libraries should be written in TypeScript

…structural checking of interfaces right, but I beleive (correct me if I'm wrong, I'm referring to https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/202 ) that classes are also structurally checked. Flow does nominal checking for those, with…

comment by shados · 2016-03-12 · in State of the Art JavaScript in 2016

For a more complete list of features, check out our What's New in TypeScript page: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/What's-new-in-T...

comment by DanRosenwasser · 2016-02-22 · in Announcing TypeScript 1.8

I think you're misunderstanding the feature, see here for more info: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/What's-new-in-T...

comment by orf · 2016-01-28 · in Announcing TypeScript 1.8 Beta

According to https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/JSX , there are two JSX processing options. The first is a JSX passthru ("preserve" mode) and the second ("react" mode) will generate React.createElement, etc. See that page for the…

comment by saidajigumi · 2016-01-28 · in Announcing TypeScript 1.8 Beta