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Why TypeScript IDE?

It exists 2 famous Eclipse TypeScript which works well:

So why developing an another Eclipse plugin for TypeScript. What is the difference between typescript.java and those 2 existing plugins? The main motivation is to support Angular2 inside Eclipse which uses tsconfig.json with Angular2 Eclipse.

Please read Why TypeScript IDE? for more information.

TypeScript IDE provides 2 main features:

  • a TypeScript Editor which provides TypeScript completion, validation hover, etc for TypeScript files (*.ts), JSX files (*.jsx/*.tsx) and even simple JavaScript file since TypeScript 1.8 supports it (Salsa).
  • a TypeScript Compiler to compile on save, or build on save TypeScript *.ts/*.tsx files to emited *.js/*.js.map files

Installation

See [Installation Update Site](Installation Update Site)

Configuration

See Configuration

Demo

Here a short demo about those features:

TypeScript IDE Demo