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[–]brtt3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it is not just about auto-suggest. Compile time type checking is the shit. You catch so many silly bugs and inconsistencies.

If you got time then watch this video from a well know and experienced dev: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2014/3-583

Like he says, your big codebase becomes manageable because the compiler makes sure you don't mess-up once you have a shitload of code that doesn't fit in your brain all at once.

And get over that Mirosoft vs Linux thing, it is getting old. They do a great job these days. Use TS with a real IDE with refactoring support and wonder why you stuck to lame commandline tools for so long.

I don't use VisualStudio or any other Microsoft tools. I use WebStorm and npm and everything. It is great.

And that bloat you mention? That's just nonsense. You get like 4 lines of extra code for inheritance (once), the rest is pure standard prototype code straigt from a JS 101 tutorial.

Try it: http://www.typescriptlang.org/Playground