Module loading Managing dependencies in plain JavaScript is hard. Require.js makes it bearable, but with TypeScript you get a flexible and elegant way of defining explicit dependencies. It works with both CommonJS (used in Node) or AMD (used in require.js) based on a compiler option. Definition files With definition files, you introduce typing to existing JavaScript. The definition file contains the signatures for the library, and lives side-by-side with the original library file. An IDE will also give you code completion on these libraries. Definition files are already available for many popular frameworks thanks to an active community. Tool support Considering that it's still a preview, the tools support for TypeScript is impressive. It's currently supported
in Visual Studio 2012, IntelliJ IDEA, WebStorm, PhpStorm, Sublime Text, Emacs, Vim and Cloud9. CONCLUSION TypeScript can make it easier to do application-scale JavaScript development - both for newcomers and experienced developers. With types you can easily prove correctness of a large application and confidently let large teams work on the same codebase. It doesn't fix JS and all its quirks, but it makes it easier to use it for general programming.
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The community is not as large or mature as the one around CoffeeScript, but it's growing. A notable community contribution is the TypeScript Definition Package Manager that makes it easier to manage definition files for your project. TypeScript is definitely worth checking out, but remember it is still a preview. Join my session at NDC if you want to learn more. Hope to see you there.