[MonoDevelop] TypeScript support in MonoDevelop?

[Abe Gillespie]

Why is a "managed" javascript runtime required?  Why couldn't you plug in V8?

On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Mike Christensen <mike at kitchenpc.com> wrote:
> Yup, right now I'm in the learning phase.  But it looks like the TypeScript
> compiler itself is written in TypeScript, which means it can be run by
> anything that can run JavaScript.
>
> Which, as Federico alluded to, would mean the MonoDevelop would need to host
> some sort of managed JavaScript engine (such as IronJS)..  After that, I
> guess the main work item would be linking that instance of the TypeScript
> compiler to the MonoDevelop IDE; being able to detect when there's a
> compiler error and highlighting the appropriate line in the editor.  I
> believe MonoDevelop has hooks for this sort of thing, but the initial
> plumbing seems tricky.
>
> Seeing as JavaScript support is something I really want to see in
> MonoDevelop, this could be a great first step..  I'd love to help out in any
> way I could..
>
> Mike
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Jeff Stedfast <jeff at xamarin.com> wrote:
>>
>> This would definitely be awesome.
>>
>> I don't know of anyone who has started working on adding support for it,
>> though, so if you are interested, go for it!
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Mike Christensen <mike at kitchenpc.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Today I've been reading up on TypeScript, a superset of JavaScript
>>> designed by Anders Hejlsberg.  The compiler is completely open-source, and
>>> available on CodePlex.  However, right now VS2012 is the only IDE with
>>> support.
>>>
>>> I think adding in support for MonoDevelop would be an amazing project.
>>> I'm wondering if anyone has given any thought to this.
>>>
>>> BTW, here's a video going over the basic features:
>>> http://www.typescriptlang.org/
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
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