Agreed. Web Essentials looks cool! On 5 October 2012 16:50, Michael Ridland <rid...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > That's cool..... > > > On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Heinrich Breedt > <heinrichbre...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I prefer Web Essentials: >> http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/07d54d12-7133-4e15-becb-6f451ea3bea6 >> >> Has Less, SCSS and Coffeescript support, and now with TypeScript added >> (with sourcemaps) >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Michael Ridland <rid...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Yeah I use SCSS would not do web without it(well now anyway).... there's >>> a plugin called web workbench that will auto convert to normal css on save. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 2:52 PM, William Luu <will....@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> With regards to CSS. I've recently begun looking at a Project called >>>> Less CSS - http://lesscss.org with an associated .NET dynamic compiler >>>> - http://www.dotlesscss.org >>>> >>>> Like TypeScript, Less CSS is still CSS but with extra syntactic sugar >>>> on top (as well as other features). >>>> >>>> Has anyone else had experience with Less CSS? >>>> >>>> >>>> On 5 October 2012 14:03, Scott Barnes <scott.bar...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> JavaScript is dead to me.. I bow before the typescript ecma 6 >>>>> overlords .. Now to convert CSS to resource dictionaries and I may >>>>> actually >>>>> high five HTML again >>>>> >>>>> On 05/10/2012, at 9:24 AM, "Michael Ridland" <rid...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Recently I spent 9 months full time doing Javascript building a large >>>>> application, I was open minded and learnt to like it. But coming back to >>>>> c# >>>>> recently I realised just how many leagues better c# was than javascript(I >>>>> don't dare say this at sydjs). >>>>> >>>>> Typescript bring some really nice things to javascript that c# has but >>>>> it's still very much javascript(more than others eg CoffeeeScript). >>>>> >>>>> I can say TypeScript is amazingly awesome, you get the best of both >>>>> worlds. >>>>> >>>>> Like Coffeescript does, TypeScript will make you a much better >>>>> javascript programmer. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 2:14 AM, David Kean >>>>> <david.k...@microsoft.com>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> While I’m still skeptical, the one advantage over other similar >>>>>> projects (such as Dart), is that it interops with existing >>>>>> JavaScript.**** >>>>>> >>>>>> ** ** >>>>>> >>>>>> I think my favorite quote so far is, “hate JavaScript, then you’ll >>>>>> love TypeScript!”**** >>>>>> >>>>>> ** ** >>>>>> >>>>>> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: >>>>>> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Davy Jones >>>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, October 4, 2012 1:41 AM >>>>>> *To:* ozDotNet >>>>>> *Subject:* Re: Opinions of TypeScript?**** >>>>>> >>>>>> ** ** >>>>>> >>>>>> I haven't looked at it and probably won't. As far as I can see, the >>>>>> only new thing is static typing? JavaScript already has oo. There are >>>>>> enough technologies around js already why confuse matters more?**** >>>>>> >>>>>> ** ** >>>>>> >>>>>> Davy**** >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my starfleet datapad.**** >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 4 oct. 2012, at 10:27, Greg Keogh <g...@mira.net> wrote:**** >>>>>> >>>>>> Folks, I just heard about >>>>>> TypeScript<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TypeScript>. >>>>>> It superficially seems like a good idea. Has anyone tried it? I’m >>>>>> downloading the VS2012 >>>>>> MSI<http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34790>for it >>>>>> to see what it’s like. Let’s face, anything that makes JavaScript >>>>>> development easier will be welcome, but will TypeScript help or hinder? >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Greg**** >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Heinrich Breedt >> >> “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by >> striking.” - William B. Sprague >> > >
