Dovid Kopel - Technologist

Technology Consigliere & Innovator, Open Source Evangelist, Geek, Lefty

Musing about computers, technology, and science

June 23, 2015

TypeScript: Much more than having "closure"

JavaScript or ECMA Script has a community that is always finding ways to make JavaScript “suck less”. Either easier to write, deploy or test. What I have never seen is an attempt to make JavaScript more like “Java”. No language is the magical unicorn perfect for every single situation, only a novice says stupid things like that. Yes, JavaScript is messy, odd and confusing. It’s API is funky and sadly inconsistent from browser to browser. As the content we develop shifts more and more to full blown applications and not mere static content more conventions are needed to ensure that JavaScript protects itself.

June 22, 2015

Angular 2 - Trial Run

I’m currently still in EST in SF at the Angular U conference. I figured I would give ES6 and Angular2 a try with the official documentation before I hear the keynotes and all.