Angular 2: Built on TypeScript

#1

Post by hswolff » Thu, Mar 05, 2015, 4:41 PM UTC

Angular 2: Built on TypeScript
blogs.msdn.com

Re: Angular 2: Built on TypeScript

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Post by taylorbuley » Thu, Mar 05, 2015, 4:59 PM UTC

Can anyone clarify if TypeScript usage is in place of Dart or in addition to Angular Dart?

Re: Angular 2: Built on TypeScript

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Post by skrowl » Thu, Mar 05, 2015, 5:00 PM UTC

This isn't really a big jump, as they were using AtScript before which was really just a forked TypeScript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11YUzC-1d0V1-Q3V0fQ7KSit9...

They must have convinced Microsoft to accept their patches into mainline TypeScript.

Re: Angular 2: Built on TypeScript

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Post by boothead » Thu, Mar 05, 2015, 5:00 PM UTC

Wow! That's pretty big news!

Very much looking forward to seeing what insights come out of rebuilding something like angular with types.

edit actually on second reading, I'm not sure what's been rewritten in what?

Re: Angular 2: Built on TypeScript

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Post by electrotype » Thu, Mar 05, 2015, 5:01 PM UTC

Why not Dart?

Re: Angular 2: Built on TypeScript

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Post by usingpond » Thu, Mar 05, 2015, 5:01 PM UTC

As if we didn't have enough reason to move on from Angular. Now you need to learn Typescript to contribute or grok the source files?

Re: Angular 2: Built on TypeScript

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Post by pluma » Thu, Mar 05, 2015, 5:03 PM UTC

Does that mean they have finally given up on AtScript?

Re: Angular 2: Built on TypeScript

#8

Post by aberatiu » Thu, Mar 05, 2015, 5:03 PM UTC

electrotype wrote: post #5

Why not Dart?

Yeah. Seriously, why not dart. Any clue, anybody?

Re: Angular 2: Built on TypeScript

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Post by dchuk » Thu, Mar 05, 2015, 5:03 PM UTC

So Angular has gone from being written in plain JS, to Dart, to Atscript, and now Typescript? Why so much jumping around? Isn't that creating a lot of technical debt issues?

Re: Angular 2: Built on TypeScript

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Post by dmarg » Thu, Mar 05, 2015, 5:05 PM UTC

pluma wrote: post #7

Does that mean they have finally given up on AtScript?

AtScript is now TypeScript is what they said in the opening remarks.