TypeScript Seems To Be Getting Some Traction

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As I have been gradually writing a very simple game using CoffeeScript and HTML5 I have re-imersed myself into HTML5 game development.

This pretty much means I have been lurking on forums and reading news items more attentively. I have probably had a break of between 6-12 months since I last took a good look at the HTML5 game development world.

It is fair to say things are changing fast. Asm.js looks pretty cool. The number of game development libraries seems to be exploding and some seem to be getting quite good. If/when I write a second game I may move over to one of them. I think I am over the I want to hack out a gaming library moment I had.

People are starting to make money. For now it seems smaller devs are going the licence their game to portals. Anyone who has heard of flash games will know this model. It seams mobile is a big deal - not a surprise.

Rumours are Internet Explorer will support webGL, this would be awesome!

Much of this is not surprising. What did surprise me is the number of times I came across TypeScript. People seem to be using it quite a bit. During my travels around the various forums I have not heard of anyone using CoffeeScript or Dart for that matter. Perhaps I have just come across places where people have moved over from Flash and don't want to give up on types? As, I assume, the IDE for Typescript is pretty good this could be another reason. Of course most people are using Javascript but Typescript seems to be getting recognition.

I like diversity so I like the rise of TypeScript even if I don't use it at the moment.

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