As it supports compile-time debugging, there’s a definite benefit to organizations working with large complex applications. Setting up TypeScript for any project is straightforward.

Visual Studio 2013, with the latest version of TypeScript, gives you the same kind of support you've come to expect when writing code in C# and Visual Basic.

WebStorm supports that, too, and even adds debugging support for source maps to trace TypeScript, CoffeeScript, or ECMAScript 6 code transpiled to JavaScript.

Microsoft's open-source programming language TypeScript – the alter ego of JavaScript but with a type system – turns 10 years old this December. It's grown to become a go-to language for ...

Deferred module evaluation imports a module without immediately executing the module and its dependencies, avoiding unnecessary CPU work during initialization.

Microsoft Technical Fellow Anders Hejlsberg isn't the only big name behind Microsoft's new TypeScript project, codenamed Strada.