TypeScript is good. But the supporting infrastructure around it is bloated and overengineered.
Don't spend your time seting up frameworks or packaging libraries just to make your TypeScirpt to work in Browser. No need for overingeenered and bloated shit like WebPack, Babel, Require.JS, System.JS etc.
TypeScript can produce the build all by itself. Use this repo as an example.
Run
- Clone repository
npm install- Open terminal and type
npm run build-and-watch - Open another terminal tab and type
npm run server - Open Browser http://localhost:8080
Details
- Yes, you may need WebPack in complex cases to produce optimised build.
- TypeScript produces the build but not the loader. For some strange reason TypeScript Team refuses to add 10 lines required for the Loader. That's why those 10 lines of code provided separately.
- Your 10 lines loader don't implement full AMD spec! Yes, because - fuck AMD spec. I need to make my small TypeScript project work without spending my valuable time on outdated and overingeenered shit like full AMD spec.