TypeScript support

[juanbernabo]

Would be very nice to see TypeScript support for Meteor.

I really don't know how to do it myself but if someone gives me a little guidance I can try to make it.

Thanks in advance.
Juan.

[TaraRed]

Without tampering with Meteor itself, an approach could be to introduce a new extension .tjs and make a package which compiles any .tjs file into a .js file, only if the modification dates between the files differ enough. For an example I think you can look how the jade package deals with .jade files, if it is still there, does this; otherwise look how one of the templates packages (handlebars?) deals with .html files. You can probably start by inspecting an existing package that relates to your goal, see the next comment by glasser. This is not much work to write and a quick way to get going, but I don't know if it is the right approach.

[glasser]

Take a look at the coffee script package for a hint of how to implement this.

This doesn't seem likely to be a high priority for the core developers anytime soon but would make a great package, eg on Atmosphere.

[juanbernabo]

Did a first try implementation following your good advice. Did a pull request for it #378.

[Urigo]

We are working on an official Typescript package which already exists in Beta.
Please follow the progress here - Urigo/angular2-meteor#102