Because type syntax is not natively supported in JavaScript, a tool had to exist to remove types before running code. For systems like TypeScript, it made sense to integrate a type erasure step ...

CoffeeScript 2, which had been in a beta stage since April, features a compiler that translates CoffeeScript code into modern JavaScript syntax. A CoffeeScript “class” is now output using the ...

Peter looks at how to call a JavaScript function from your TypeScript code and do it in a type-safe way. Along the way, he dramatically simplifies a Backbone application by integrating Knockout.

JavaScript syntax has strict rules for adding monetary symbols, the right number of decimal places and for placing decimal points correctly.