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0 pointscpeterso11y ago0 comments

In part, the team just wanted to experiment with TypeScript. Also, the language is syntactically similar to AS3 so there is a close mapping from the AS3 library APIs to Shumway's TypeScript implementation.

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_lce011y ago· 1 in thread

was there any pain point, at TypeScript side? what do the team think now about their initial decision giving TS a try?

mbebenita11y ago

Overall we had a good experience. There were some pain points at first with compile time, but that was greatly improved with the new TS compiler.

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