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Couldn't Typescript simply be a JavaScript library to include with other libraries such as Angular? Is that what it is? Wouldn't being a JS library give greater support for outputting ES5 specific JS?

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  • And what would that library do exactly? Commented Jun 1, 2016 at 4:40
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    The same exact thing I just wanted to know whether a library would be capable of doing precisely the same thing or if its not even possible and why Commented Jun 1, 2016 at 4:43
  • Typescript is more object oriented approach. Also you can debug it in IDE. Commented Jun 1, 2016 at 4:43
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    Well, Typescript does exactly nothing at runtime (in the browser or in Node). It is a language and has a compiler that outputs Javascript (and if you want, you can target ES5, too). Commented Jun 1, 2016 at 4:51

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Librairies are runtime objects.

Typescript is a language that extends Javascript with new keywords, such as types.

These keywords need to be parsed and compiled/transpiled to Javascript before being executed by the Javascript engine.

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