PlatypusTS is a framework focused on assisting with writing scalable cross-platform applications. The framework is written in TypeScript in order to take advantage of all its benefits. It is possible to write a vanilla JS app using PlatypusTS, but the recommended approach is to embrace TypeScript.
The PlatypusTS website is a great resource for getting started.
Here are some links you may find helpful:
TypeScript is a language for application-scale JavaScript development. TypeScript is a typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JavaScript. Any browser. Any host. Any OS. Open Source.
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript, with optional type annotations. As any JS is valid TS, there is no interoperability issue. You could slowly convert an existing JS code-base and use JS libraries natively. You already know most of the language. It compiles back to JS.
It's attractive to people with a background in strongly typed languages, who are willing to type in more code-- classes and type annotations-- receiving the benefit of type checking on compile time. IntelliSense works better as well.
The TypeScript website is a great resource for getting started.
Here are some links you may find helpful:
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A great editor for TypeScript is Visual Studio Code.
It is useful to have type information for the libraries you use. DefinitelyTyped is a nice collection of annotations by Boris Yankov.
*.tsare source code files.*.d.tsare ambient declarations for interfaces and libraries.*.jsare generated by the compiler.*.js.mapare source maps generated by the compiler, for better debugging experience.
The best place to start is by looking at 'js/viewcontrols/todo.viewcontrol.ts' and 'js/viewcontrols/todo.viewcontrol.html'.