Microsoft TypeScript: Can the father of C# save us from Javascript tyranny?
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On my blog post, I mentioned a quote by Microsoft originally posted on Wikipedia. Here is the quote:
“Some examples, like Dart, portend that JavaScript has fundamental flaws and to support these scenarios requires a ‘clean break’ from JavaScript in both syntax and runtime. We disagree with this point of view.” - Microsoft’s JavaScript team
Just minutes after I publish my blog post, I read that Microsoft has released "TypeScript".
So, which is it, Microsoft Javascript Team? Ok to criticize Dart, though, right? Nevermind that Microsoft was working on its own Javascript alternative all along?
In fact, it's closer to JavaScript than _CoffeeScript_, whose slogan is "it's just JavaScript".
TypeScript is what you'd expect from an organization who believes JavaScript is mostly good: a very conservative extension addressing some of the larger pain points (tooling and modularity).