Hello! I'm working on an article on ASP.NET 5 with AngularJS2 and Typescript, using Visual Studio. Planning to be publishing it this Sunday. Good to be back in the game :)

...for free

I risk getting run out of town for suggesting this, but how about a Macbook? They are really well built, great for running Windows on, and the customer service is incredible. I don't think any of the other manufacturers even come close!

Sure. Well, first of all I am working with a .net back-end, so doing all of my coding in Visual Studio (2015 RC). Visual Studio 2015 + ReSharper + Web Essentials which provides a really nice environment for working with Typescript. For my API, server side, I am using ServiceStack. ServiceStack have created a Visual Studio plugin to generate a DTO in Typescript based on your API. You write your API, run this program, and you have an interface for every Request and Response object in your API. There is a Typescript project called DefinitelyTyped. It provides type definitions for all of the frameworks I am using, which for this project are: - AngularJS - Angular UI Router - Angular UI Directives for Bootstrap - AngularJS Toastr This means that you can write your client side code in Typescript, and everything is strongly typed. Here is an AngularJS service I wrote earlier today in Typescript:

import CreateAdjustmentRequest = JobManager.Model.CreateAdjustmentRequest;
import AdjustmentResponse = JobManager.Model.AdjustmentResponse;
import HttpPromise = angular.IHttpPromise;
import GetAdjustmentRequest = JobManager.Model.GetAdjustmentRequest;
import GetAdjustmentsRequest = JobManager.Model.GetAdjustmentsRequest;
import UpdateAdjustmentRequest = JobManager.Model.UpdateAdjustmentRequest;
import DeleteAdjustmentRequest = JobManager.Model.DeleteAdjustmentRequest;

export class AdjustmentService {

httpService: angular.IHttpService;
constructor(httpService: angular.IHttpService) { this.httpService = httpService; }

getAdjustment(request: GetAdjustmentRequest):HttpPromise<AdjustmentResponse> {
    return this.httpService.get('/adjustments/' + request.Id);
}

getAdjustments(request: GetAdjustmentsRequest): HttpPromise<AdjustmentResponse\[\]> {
    return this.httpService.get('/adjustments/all/' + request.JobId);
}

createAdjustment(request: CreateAdjustmentRequest): HttpPromise<AdjustmentResponse> {
    return this.httpService.post('/adjustments/create', request);
}

updateAdjustment(request: UpdateAdjustmentRequest): HttpPromise<AdjustmentResponse> {
    return this.httpService.post('/adjustments/' + request.Id, request);
}

deleteAdjustment(request: DeleteAdjustmentRequest): HttpPromise<boolean> {
    return this.httpService.delete('/adjustments/' + request.Id);
}

}

I've been using Typescript over the past couple of days to build a new AngularJS app, and waow! It is amazing! If you work a lot with Javascript, and you haven't had a chance to play with Typescript, please check it out. That is all!

One word, typescript!

Mental! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syyl0gfNDRE[^]

11?

No, really... https://twitter.com/stroughtonsmith/status/593462573497982976[^]

When I said:

JMK-NI:

figure it out that way

I didn't specify a timeframe :laugh:

Just get Wireshark/Fiddler on the go, MITM yourself (they use HTTPS) and figure it out that way. Then write any UI you want.

It is a total shambles!

So I'm thinking, us UK CodeProject users could agree on a location/time and all go out for a pint, and talk about things? How does that sound?

Quote:

Looks like someone has a lot of money to waste.

Nope! I have a Xamarin Indie subscription for iOS and Andriod ($50USD, about £30GBP per month). I am basically writing a Xamarin Forms for Windows Phone app inside Visual Studio 2013, and am debugging everything inside Visual Studio using the Windows Phone emulator to test. As far as I can tell, you can basically develop a Xamarin Forms for Windows Phone for free, it's when you want to target the other platforms that it starts to cost money. I have a Mac Mini, which cost me £400. So I develop for Windows Phone with Xamarin Forms in Visual Studio, and when I am happy, push that code over to my Mac. Then I use Xamarin Studio on my cheapo Mac to push the same code to the Android and iOS emulators on that mac, and it works, which is insanely cool! I am the definition of shoestring app development. I would love to go for pints with you guys though, we should totally make that happen! :)

I've been getting my head into Xamarin this weekend, and wow! It's freaking awesome! I've always been torn on Xamarin, because I believe there's a real value in being able to write code natively, using the native programming language/framework etc for that platform, and have viewed as Xamarin kind of a cop-out developer wise. I thought that using .net to develop for Andriod and iOS showed an unwillingness to learn. But after playing with Xamarin and Xamarin Forms for a few days, I am f***b**ing sold! Being able to write one codebase targeting Windows Phone, iOS and Android is just incredible! Batman...er I mean Xamarin![^]

Say what you like about Schwarzenegger, but he totally hits the nail on the head here[^] Obviously the context is bodybuilding, but I believe it totally applies to programming...or basically anything.

Arnie:

When you’re out there partying & horsing around, someone out there at the same time is is working hard, someone is getting smarter, and someone is winning. Just remember that.

The next version of this week will take you to the land of milk and honey...it may disrupt the space-time continuum...but don't worry about that, it's gonna be great! :beer:

This week failed QA though, we can't ship it until next week!

I don't have to think about Monday for another two whole days! That's, like, forever...right? :suss:

Didn't he already solve the DB Cooper case?[^]